NY, Simon & Schuster, (2000). The uncorrected proof copy of her account of four trips to the Amazon in search of pink dolphins. Laid in is a 1999 typed letter signed by Montgomery to Peter Matthiessen, transmitting the book, requesting a blurb, and hoping that they can meet for Thai food again ("May our credit cards work next time!"). She also says in the letter that "...like all my work, and much of yours, this book is one long plea for protecting the lifeblood of this place, disguised as a narrative." Montgomery won the Henry David Thoreau Prize in 2017 for excellence in nature writing; Matthiessen won the award in 2013. Montgomery's 2015 book, The Soul of an Octopus, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction. The letter to Matthiessen is folded in half; the proof is fine in wrappers. [#033388] SOLD