The Snow Leopard (book)
Encyclopedia
The Snow Leopard is a 1978 book by Peter Matthiessen
, which is an account of his two month journey along with naturalist George Schaller
in 1973 to Crystal Mountain, in the Dolpo
region on the Tibetan Plateau
in the Himalayas
.
for Nonfiction (paperback)
In the years since its publication, the book has received wide critical acclaim.
The book has been included in numerous lists of best travel books. It appears in World Hum's list of top 30 Travel books of all time. National Geographic Traveler
included it in its Around the world in 80+ Books list, as well as in Washington Post's Short stack Travel Books that will take you far.
Peter Matthiessen
Peter Matthiessen is a two-time National Book Award-winning American novelist and non-fiction writer, as well as an environmental activist...
, which is an account of his two month journey along with naturalist George Schaller
George Schaller
George Beals Schaller is an American mammalogist, naturalist, conservationist and author. Schaller is recognized by many as the world's preeminent field biologist, studying wildlife throughout Africa, Asia and South America. Born in Berlin, Schaller grew up in Germany, but moved to Missouri as a...
in 1973 to Crystal Mountain, in the Dolpo
Dolpo
Dolpo is a high-altitude culturally Tibetan region in the upper part of the Dolpa District of western Nepal, bordered in the north by the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Part of the region lies in Shey Phoksundo National Park...
region on the Tibetan Plateau
Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau , also known as the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau is a vast, elevated plateau in Central Asia covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai, in addition to smaller portions of western Sichuan, southwestern Gansu, and northern Yunnan in Western China and Ladakh in...
in the Himalayas
Himalayas
The Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...
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Awards and acclaim
The Snow Leopard won the 1980 National Book AwardNational Book Award
The National Book Awards are a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the current year. In 1989 the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization which now oversees and manages the National Book...
for Nonfiction (paperback)
In the years since its publication, the book has received wide critical acclaim.
The book has been included in numerous lists of best travel books. It appears in World Hum's list of top 30 Travel books of all time. National Geographic Traveler
National Geographic Traveler
National Geographic Traveler is a magazine published by the National Geographic Society in the United States. It was launched in 1984. Local-language editions of National Geographic Traveler are published in Armenia, Belgium/the Netherlands, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Latin America,...
included it in its Around the world in 80+ Books list, as well as in Washington Post's Short stack Travel Books that will take you far.
External links
- Review published in the NY Times on November 26, 1978
- Review by Amanda Fox in Salon's Wanderlust