Nine-Headed Dragon River
Author: Matthiessen, Peter
ISBN: 9781570623677
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 24 Jul 1998
Pages: 303
Format: Paperback / softback
In August 1968, naturalist-explorer Peter Matthiessen returned from Africa to his home in Sagaponack, Long Island, to find three Zen masters in his driveway-guests of his wife, a new student of Zen. Thirteen years later, Matthiessen was ordained a Buddhist monk. Written in the same format as his best-selling The Snow Leopard, Nine-Headed Dragon River reveals Matthiessen's most daring adventure of all- the quest for his spiritual roots.
ISBN: 9781570623677
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 24 Jul 1998
Pages: 303
Format: Paperback / softback
In August 1968, naturalist-explorer Peter Matthiessen returned from Africa to his home in Sagaponack, Long Island, to find three Zen masters in his driveway-guests of his wife, a new student of Zen. Thirteen years later, Matthiessen was ordained a Buddhist monk. Written in the same format as his best-selling The Snow Leopard, Nine-Headed Dragon River reveals Matthiessen's most daring adventure of all- the quest for his spiritual roots.
