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02635aam a22005417i 4500 001 931355C0497711EAA89E4F1797128E48 003 SILO 005 20200207010030 008 170315s2016 nyuab b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2017303124 020 $a 014312952X 020 $a 9780143129523 035 $a (OCoLC)933567752 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d CLE $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d T2S $d OCLCO $d BYV $d OCLCQ $d KYD $d OCLCA $d KYC $d OCLCO $d OCL $d OCLCO $d OCL $d OCLCA $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a QH193.H5 $b M37 2016 082 00 $a 508.5496 $2 23 084 $a BIO026000 $a TRV010000 $a BIO026000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Matthiessen, Peter, $e author. 245 14 $a The snow leopard / $c Peter Matthiessen. 264 1 $a New York, New York : $b Penguin Books, $c 2016. 300 $a xiv, 336 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 20 cm. 490 1 $a Penguin classics 490 1 $a Penguin orange collection 500 $a Originally published by Viking Press 1978, published in Penguin Books 1987. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-325) and index. 520 $a In 1973, Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and possibly glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard. Matthiessen, a student of Zen Buddhism, was also on a spiritual quest to find the Lama of Shey at the ancient shrine on Crystal Mountain. As the climb proceeds, Matthiessen charts his inner path as well as his outer one, with a deepening Buddhist understanding of reality, suffering, impermanence, and beauty. -- From book. 650 0 $a Natural history $z Himalaya Mountains. 650 0 $a Authors, American $y 20th century $v Biography. 651 0 $a Himalaya Mountains $x Description and travel. 650 0 $a Biologists $z United States $v Biography. 650 7 $a Authors, American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00821764 650 7 $a Biologists. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00832379 650 7 $a Natural history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01034268 650 7 $a Travel. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01155558 651 7 $a Himalaya Mountains. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01242048 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 4 $a Biography. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 830 0 $a Penguin classics. 830 0 $a Penguin orange collection. 941 $a 1 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20200207011329.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=931355C0497711EAA89E4F1797128E48 994 $a Z0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search