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The Wild Places | 
| Author: Robert Macfarlane
Publisher: Granta Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1201159
Format: Import
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 340
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 6.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 1862079412
EAN: 9781862079410
ASIN: 1862079412
Publication Date: January 2007
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An eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though were laying waste the world, nature still holds sway over much of the earths surface.
Bill McKibben
Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? That is the question that Robert Macfarlane poses to himself as he embarks on a series of breathtaking journeys through some of the archipelagos most remarkable landscapes. He climbs, walks, and swims by day and spends his nights sleeping on cliff-tops and in ancient meadows and wildwoods. With elegance and passion he entwines history, memory, and landscape in a bewitching evocation of wildness and its vital importance. A unique travelogue that will intrigue readers of natural history and adventure, The Wild Places solidifies Macfarlanes reputation as a young writer to watch.
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beautiful evocation of a disappearing landscape August 10, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love books about travel, esp in Britain, and I love nature. So I thought this book might be the perfect match. I was not disappointed! First, the book is filled with detailed descriptions of what he is seeing, so that you are seeing it too. His writing reminds me much of Chet Raymo's. I was esp fascinated with the map he made of the wild areas he is exploring. Its a map that doesn't look like any you've ever seen. But it connects all of the places he is visiting, and shows how all of these places are indeed connected. The book isn't all nature - he weaves in local history, interesting people, and stories along the way. I'd recommend this to anyone interested in the topic. My only complaint is that the book is making me want to return to that land, and thats just not going to happen any time soon! But I took that trip vicariously thanks to his writting.
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