Men's Lives
1986
First Published
3.95
Average Rating
352
Number of Pages
An eloquent portrayal of a disappearing way of life of the Long Island fishermen whose voices—humorous, bitter and bewildered—are as clear as the threatened beauty of their once quiet shore.
Avg Rating
3.95
Number of Ratings
174
5 STARS
34%
4 STARS
36%
3 STARS
24%
2 STARS
5%
1 STARS
2%
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Author
Peter Matthiessen
Author · 32 books
Peter Matthiessen is the author of more than thirty books and the only writer to win the National Book Award for both non-fiction (The Snow Leopard, in two categories, in 1979 and 1980) and fiction (Shadow Country, in 2008). A co-founder of The Paris Review and a world-renowned naturalist, explorer and activist, he died in April 2014.
