On the River Styx

by Peter Matthiessen

Published 21 September 1989
Since the 1950s Peter Matthiessen has written fiction and nonfiction of elemental power and moral vision, including the acclaimed novels At Play in the Fields of the Lord and Far Tortuga and works of naturalism and exploration like the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard.

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Killing Mr. Watson

by Peter Matthiessen

Published August 1990
Drawn from fragments of historical fact, Matthiessen's masterpiece brilliantly depicts the fortunes and misfortunes of Edgar J. Watson, a real-life entrepreneur and outlaw who appeared in the lawless Florida Everglades around the turn of the century.

Lost Man's River

by Peter Matthiessen

Published 21 October 1997
One of the few American writers ever nominated for the National Book Award for both fiction and nonfiction presents the second novel in his Watson trilogy.
 
Lucius Watson is obsessed with learning the truth about his father. Who was E. J. Watson? Was he a devoted family man,...Read more

Bone by Bone

by Peter Matthiessen

Published 6 April 1999

In this magnificent novel, which is the conclusion to the celebrated Watson trilogy, E.J. Watson tells his own story, through his turbulent life, to his death at the hands of vigilantes. From his destitute childhood in South Carolina, and the terrible events which haunt him for the rest of...

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