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Author Macfarlane, Robert, 1976-

Title The old ways : a journey on foot / Robert Macfarlane.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2012.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  914.2 MACFARLANE    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  914.2 MAC    Storage
 Burlington Public Library - New Materials  914.2 MAC    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  914.2 MAC    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  914.2 MACFARLANE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  914.2 MACFARLANE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  914.2 M16    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  914.2 MACFARLANE    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  914.2 MACFARLANE    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  914.2 MACFARLANE    Check Shelf

Edition First American edition.
Description xi, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-407) and index.
Contents Tracking (England ). Track ; Path ; Chalk ; Silt -- Following (Scotland). Water-South ; Water-North ; Peat ; Gneiss ; Granite -- Roaming (abroad) ; Limestone ; Roots ; Ice -- Homing (England). Snow ; Flint ; Ghost ; Print.
Summary "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."--Publisher description.
Subject England -- Description and travel.
Scotland -- Description and travel.
Voyages and travels.
Macfarlane, Robert, 1976- -- Travel -- England.
Macfarlane, Robert, 1976- -- Travel -- Scotland.
Macfarlane, Robert, 1976- -- Travel.
Trails.
Walking.
Natural history.
Landscapes.
ISBN 9780670025114 hardback $27.95
0670025119 hardback
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