Boston: Shambhala. Good+. 1987. First Edition. Softcover. 0877734011 . Ex-library boook with study laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Co ver has light edge/corner wear, some- soiling/spotting to outer edge of pages. Edge stain inside front cover and small round light edge stain (perhaps light coffee stain) has soaked into page edges a bit on several pages near front. Interior of pages are otherwise clean and intact. 289 pages. FROM A REVIEWER: " This is core reading. It may even be the equivalent, for American Zen Buddhism, of Thomas Merton's SEVEN STORY MOUNTAIN.... As a spiritual autobiography, it is magnificently compelling. It is some of Matthiessen's finest prose, and he writes with complete openness about the cruel death of his wife, Deborah Love (who became a Zen student while he looked on skeptically, only later trying zazen for himself) , his own demons, and his practice without imposing on the reader. It is a fine model of autobiographical writing. It is also a valuable document of the planting of the Zen seed in America.... This is highly suited for people already practicing, but Matthiessen provides plenty of background material on Zen Buddhism as well as his own introduction to the practice, such that any general reader can appreciate and enjoy this marvelous work..." (noto); 8vo .

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Peter Matthiessen, distinguished novelist, naturalist, journalist, and explorer, was born in New York City and has been a commercial fisherman and charterboat captain. He participated as a diver in the worldwide search for the great white shark that culminated in his book Blue Meridian and in the film Blue Water, White Death. His fiction includes Race Rock; Partisans; Raditzer; At Play in the Fields of the Lord, which was nominated for a National Book Award; and most recently Far Tortuga. His nonfiction includes The Tree Where Man Was Born, which was nominated for a National Book Award, The Snow Leopard, which won a National Book Award in 1979, and In the Spirit of Crazy Horse.

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Seller: Riverwood's Books (CA)
Seller's Inventory #: 3821
Title: NINE-HEADED DRAGON RIVER
Author: Matthiessen, Peter
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0877734011
ISBN 13: 9780877734017
Publisher: Shambhala
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1987
Keywords: 0877734011, Eastern Religions, Zen Buddhism
Bookseller catalogs: New Age - Spiritual; Religion - Spiritual/Inspirational; Religion - World Religions;

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