{"product_id":"nine-headed-dragon-river-zen-journals-1969-1982-9781570623677","title":"Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982","description":"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 \u003ci\u003eThe Snow Leopard, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNine-Headed Dragon River \u003c\/i\u003e reveals Matthiessen's most daring adventure of all: the quest for his spiritual roots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter 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 \u003ci\u003eBlue Meridian \u003c\/i\u003e and in the film \u003ci\u003eBlue Water, White Death. \u003c\/i\u003e His fiction includes \u003ci\u003eRace Rock; Partisans; Raditzer; At Play in the Fields of the Lord, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was nominated for a National Book Award; and most recently \u003ci\u003eFar Tortuga. \u003c\/i\u003e His nonfiction includes \u003ci\u003eThe Tree Where Man Was Born, \u003c\/i\u003e which was nominated for a National Book Award, \u003ci\u003eThe Snow Leopard, \u003c\/i\u003e which won a National Book Award in 1979, and \u003ci\u003eIn the Spirit of Crazy Horse. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873604636946,"sku":"9781570623677","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_36437689-bb11-4fd1-958e-396bffeb3b27.jpg?v=1737943447","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nine-headed-dragon-river-zen-journals-1969-1982-9781570623677","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}