Shadow country : a new rendering of the Watson legend

Summary: Inspired by a near-mythic event of the wild Florida frontier at the turn of the twentieth century, Shadow Country reimagines the legend of the inspired Everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw E.J. Watson, who drives himself relentlessly toward his own violent end at the hands of neighbors who mostly admired him, in a killing that obsessed his favorite son.--From publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 0679640193 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780679640196 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: xvi, 892 p. : map ; 21 cm.
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Edition: Modern Library ed.
Publisher: New York : Modern Library, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Peter Matthiessen's great American epic -- "Killing Mister Watson", "Lost Man's River", and "Bone by Bone"--Was conceived as one vast mysterious novel, but because of its length it was originally broken up into three books. In this bold new rendering, Matthiessen has cut nearly a third of the overall text and collapsed the time frame while deepening the insights and motivations of his characters with brilliant rewriting throughout ... He has marvelously distilled a monumental work, realizing his original vision" -- dust jacket.
Formatted Contents Note:	Killing Mister Watson -- Lost Man's River -- Bone by bone.
Awards Note:	National Book Award, Fiction, 2008