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At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen

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Also by Peter Matthiessen:

In Paradise, April 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Shadow Country, April 2008
Hardcover
Courage for the Earth, May 2007
Paperback
At Play in the Fields of the Lord, December 1991
Hardcover

AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD
By: Peter Matthiessen

Vintage
December 1991
On Sale: December 3, 1991
384 pages
ISBN: 0679737413
EAN: 9780679737414
Hardcover
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Set in the South American jungle, this thriller follows the clash between two misplaced gringos--one who has come to convert the Indians to Christianity, and one who has been hired to kill them. Now the basis for a major motion picture.

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