The Historical Cookbook of the American Negro / National Council of Negro Women, Sue Bailey Thurman

Beacon Press, 2000. Hardcover. Closed tear in dustjacket spine edge. Minor edge wear. In mylar cover. VG/VG. 

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. The result is a remarkable account of a journey both physical and spiritual, as the arduous climb yields to Matthiessen a deepening Buddhist understanding of reality, suffering, impermanence, and beauty.