At Play In the Fields Of the Lord Author:Peter Matthiessen He is unique among the contemporary writers in his achievement as both naturalist and novelist. Matthiessen has participated in wilderness expeditions to South America, New Guinea and the Arctic, and produced three notable volumes of nonfiction.
This is one of the best books I have EVER read. Evangelical missionaries go into the jungle to save a savage Indian tribe. The local government is corrupt and there are mercenaries in the mix. I feel like I was there with them!