The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot (Landscapes Book 3)

The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot (Landscapes Book 3)

From the acclaimed author of The Wild Places and Underland, an exploration of walking and thinking In this exquisitely written book, Robert Macfarlane sets off from his Cambridge, England, home to follow the ancient tracks, holloways, drove roads, and sea paths that crisscross both the British landscape and its waters and territories beyond. The result is an immersive, enthralling exploration of the ghosts and voices that haunt old paths, of the stories our tracks keep and tell, and of pilgrimage and ritual. Told in Macfarlane's distinctive voice, The Old Ways folds together natural history, cartography, geology, archaeology and literature. His walks take him from the chalk downs of England to the bird islands of the Scottish northwest, from Palestine to the sacred landscapes of Spain and the Himalayas. Along the way he crosses paths with walkers of many kinds-wanderers, pilgrims, guides, and artists. Above all this is a book about walking as a journey inward and the subtle ways we are shaped by the landscapes through which we move. Macfarlane discovers that paths offer not just a means of traversing space, but of feeling, knowing, and thinking.
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-10-11
Format Kindle eBook
EANs 9781101601075

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-10-11
Format	Kindle eBook
EANs	9781101601075

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