The Best of Peter Matthiessen

April 8, 2014 | 1 book mentioned

To honor Peter Matthiessen, who passed away over the weekend, The New Yorker unlocked part of one of the author’s best pieces of travel writing. The piece, titled “The Last Wilderness,” follows Matthiessen as he travels down the Amazon River. (His last novel comes out this week, as well.)

is a staff writer for The Millions. He lives in New York.