Wanderlust: A History of Walking (Paperback)

By Rebecca Solnit
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Profiling some of the most significant walkers in history and fiction, Solnit presents a delightful and brilliantly conceived meditation on the art of walking.

About the Author

Rebecca Solnit is the author of numerous books, including Hope in the Dark, River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West, Wanderlust: A History of Walking, and As Eve Said to the Serpent: On Landscape, Gender, and Art, which was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. In 2003, she received the prestigious Lannan Literary Award.

Praise for Wanderlust: A History of Walking…

Delightful...Solnit covers all kinds of ground in her inspiring book on walking. —The Seattle Times

Solnit is an elegant essayist...as a guide, she knows the path well; she is tireless and sure-footed. —The New York Times

Product Details ISBN-10: 0140286012
ISBN-13: 9780140286014
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 06/01/2001
Pages: 336
Language: English
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