Nine-Headed Dragon River

InAugust 1968, naturalist-explorer Peter Matthiessen returned from Africa to hishome in Sagaponack, Long Island, to find three Zen masters in hisdriveway—guests of his wife, a new student of Zen. Thirteen years later,Matthiessen was ordained a Buddhist monk. Written in the same format as hisbest-selling TheSnow Leopard,Nine-HeadedDragon Riverreveals Matthiessen's most daring adventure of all: the quest for his spiritualroots.