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Matthiessen, Peter. End of the Earth: Voyages to the White Continent.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
Sept. 2003. 288p. illus. index. National Geographic, $26 (0-7922-5059-1). 508.98.
The grand master of the purposeful and philosophical nature-oriented travelogue, Matthiessen chronicles the attainment of a lifelong dream in his eighteenth work of nonfiction: two voyages to Antarctica. The first time out, Matthiessen and company explore the coast of South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula, where he is enthralled by the grace and fortitude of albatrosses and petrels, stalwart chin-strap penguins, and stoic seals. Contemplation of these amazing creatures leads to ruminations over our species' crimes against them, just as his poetic marveling over the majestic beauty of icebergs and their enshrinement of "bubbles of pure ancient air" and "the last uncontaminated water on the planet's surface" ...
- Altor Equity Partners: Altor and Bure Acquire Max Matthiessen from the National...
- Press release article from: Business Wire February 11, 2009 700+ words
...AB have signed an agreement to acquire Max Matthiessen Holding AB ("Max Matthiessen" or the "Company"), the leading independent...part of the transaction, key employees of Max Matthiessen will be offered to become co-owners in the...
- RENOWNED NATURALIST, WRITER CAPTURES ESSENCE, ENDURING BEAUTY OF CRANES PETER...
- Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) February 7, 2002 700+ words
...reporter Naturalist and writer Peter Matthiessen has written eloquently about all manner...National Wildlife Refuge on the last page, Matthiessen's "The Birds of Heaven; Travels...as black spots complete a Holstein. Matthiessen is scheduled to give a lecture about...
- Matthiessen, Augustus
- Dictionary definition from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography January 1, 2008 700+ words
MATTHIESSEN, AUGUSTUS ( b . London, England...1870) chemistry . As a young child Matthiessen suffered a seizure that left him handicapped...Liebig. It therefore was natural for Matthiessen to choose the University of Giessen...
- Carnegie Completes Its Acquisition of Max Matthiessen.
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 20, 2007 700+ words
...acquisition of all of the shares and votes in Max Matthiessen (Max Matthiessen Holding AB), Sweden's leading independent...with payment in kind to the holders of the Max Matthiessen shares. At today's board meeting, the Board...
- Carnegie Acquires Max Matthiessen.
- Press release article from: Business Wire January 15, 2007 700+ words
...Carnegie (STO:CAR) acquires Max Matthiessen, Sweden's leading independent advisor in pension insurance. Carnegie and Max Matthiessen have had an exclusive co-operation...announcement of the acquisition of Max Matthiessen, Carnegie has today presented its preliminary...
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA: Writer Peter Matthiessen is UND 1999 Presidential...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire February 22, 1999 700+ words
...UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA: Writer Peter Matthiessen is UND 1999 Presidential Lecturer...190299 National Book Award winner Peter Matthiessen, explorer and writer of remote regions...the UND Campus in Grand Forks. Peter Matthiessen has been a member of expeditions to...
- The F.B.I. man who cried libel. (recent libel cases including the...
- Magazine article from: The Nation Carbus, Martin November 13, 1989 700+ words
...25 million libel suit against Peter Matthiessen and Viking Press, the author and publisher...the Spirit of Crazy Horse [see Peter Matthiessen, "Travels Through Indian America...1983, shortly after Viking published Matthiessen's book, which focused on the events...
- Man writing: the Watson Trilogy: Peter Matthiessen in archive.(Critical Essay)
- Magazine article from: Texas Studies in Literature and Language Watson, James G. June 22, 2004 700+ words
Peter Matthiessen is a naturalist, political activist...Watson Trilogy is the most extended of Matthiessen's fictions and the most accomplished...artistically the most personal. Peter Matthiessen is the persistently self-presenting...
