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groovedaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 12:16 PM
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Book Prizes Awarded With Nod to History
In the fiction category, Peter Matthiessen won for “Shadow Country,” a one-volume compilation of three previously released but revised and condensed novels based on the life of Edgar J. Watson, a 19th century ruthless cane farmer in Florida who was said to be a serial killer. It was published by Modern Library.

A National Book Award winner in 1979 for his nonfiction work “The Snow Leopard,” Mr. Matthiessen said, “I’ve had a hard time over the years persuading people that fiction was my natural thing,” and then raised his bronze statue above his head.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/books/20awards.html?th&emc=th
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sharp_stick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 12:27 PM
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1. Great Book That One, deserved to win
Well worth the time to read IMHO
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