Shadow Country
Shadow Country is a novel by Peter Matthiessen, published by Random House in 2008. Subtitled A New Rendering of the Watson Legend, it is a semi-fictional account of the life of Scottish-American Edgar "Bloody" Watson (1855–1910), a real Florida sugar cane planter and alleged outlaw who was killed by a posse of his neighbors in the remote Ten Thousand Islands region of southwest Florida.
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| Author | Peter Matthiessen |
|---|---|
| Original title | Shadow Country: A New Rendering of the Watson Legend |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical fiction, Southern Gothic |
| Published | 2008 by Modern Library |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback), audiobook, ebook |
| Pages | 912 p. |
| Awards | 2008 National Book Award for Fiction |
| ISBN | 978-0-6796-4019-6 |
| OCLC | 145431697 |
| 813.54 | |
| LC Class | PS3563.A8584 |
Matthiessen revised, condensed, and combined his three previously published novels about Edgar Watson to create this single-volume novel, which is divided into three sections that conform to the three original books. Shadow Country won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 and the William Dean Howells Medal in 2010.
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