Matthiessen, Peter

A history of the North American wilderness and its creatures, with lists and drawings of rare, threatened, and extinct species.

Explores ten instances where white man's encroachments upon the sacred grounds of Indian tribes show the tragic effects of a confrontation that is bound to harm both sides.

Four fundamentalist American missionaries and a soldier of fortune become involved in a fanatical conflict over the fate of the primitive Niaruna Indians living in the Amazon jungle.

An investigative account of the fatal shout-out between FBI agents and American Indians in 1975.

Reports on the condition of the Siberian tiger species at the end of the twentieth century, providing information about the Siberian Tiger Project which was established to study and protect the dwindling population, and discussing the origins and evolution of the tiger.