Inspired by a near-mythic event of the wild Florida frontier at the turn of the twentieth century, Shadow Country reimagines the legend of the Everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw E. J. Watson, who drives himself to his own violent end at the hands of his neighbours. Following the story of his son Lucius as he tries to learn the truth about his father, the story tells of devastating events and traverses wild landscapes inhabited by Americans of every provenance and colour. In this new rendering of the Watson ...
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Inspired by a near-mythic event of the wild Florida frontier at the turn of the twentieth century, Shadow Country reimagines the legend of the Everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw E. J. Watson, who drives himself to his own violent end at the hands of his neighbours. Following the story of his son Lucius as he tries to learn the truth about his father, the story tells of devastating events and traverses wild landscapes inhabited by Americans of every provenance and colour. In this new rendering of the Watson trilogy, Matthiessen has consolidated his fictional masterwork into a poetic, compelling novel of a vast scope and ambition, with breathtaking accomplishment.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Missing jacket. The dust jacket of the book is missing.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book First British edition, first printing, hardcover. Brown boards with gilt titles. 892 pages. Near fine with head/tail of spine bumped, in a near fine dust jacket with edgewear at bottom corner of front panel. Mylar cover on jacket. This is an abridgement and revision of three novels by Peter Matthiessen: KILLING MISTER WATSON (1990), LOST MAN'S RIVER (1997), and BONE BY BONE (1999). Winner of the National Book Award.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book First British edition, first printing, hardcover. Brown bindind withgilt titles. 892 pages. Fine unread with small indentation to bottom edge of front board, in a fine, mylar-covered dust jacket. Winner of the National Book Award. First published in the United States in 2008 by Modern Library.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book A square solid tight unread copy. This copy has some light pagedge soil else fine. the priced jacket has some light edgewear else fine. Compilation edition that is a reworking of the three Watson novels Killing Mr Watson, Lost Man's River, Bone by Bone by the author. First British Edition of the Modern Library edition.
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Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Bumping to corners of the book. Peter Matthiessen spent a decade writing the Watson Trilogy-Killing Mister Watson, Lost Man's River and Bone by Bone. Now he has taken the three books and rewritten parts, cut hundreds of pages and refocused various chapters. The result is a single volume that combines the three books into one called Shadow Country. Winner of the National Book Award. Signed by Matthiessen on a laid in bookplate. Signed by the author.