{"product_id":"globetrotting-writers-walk-the-world-hardcover","title":"Globetrotting: Writers Walk the World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDuncan Minshull\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDuncan Minshull\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"There was nowhere to go but everywhere.\" --Jack Kerouac \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Duncan Minshull, the UK's \"laureate of walking,\" a collection of more than fifty writings about hiking the globe from contemporary and classic authors such as Mark Twain, William Boyd, Edith Wharton, Helen Garner, Rabindranath Tagore, and many more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGlobetrotting, \u003c\/i\u003e Duncan Minshull, the UK's \"laureate of walking,\" brings together the work of more than fifty walker-writers who have traveled the world's seven continents by foot. From the 1500s to the present day comes a memorable band of explorers and adventurers, scientists and missionaries, pleasure-seekers and literary drifters recalling their experiences and asking themselves a compelling question--\u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e travel this way in the first place? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith contributions from Herman Melville, Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Darwin, Vernon Lee, Sarah H. Bradford, Rabindranath Tagore, D. H. Lawrence, Isabella Bird, Katherine Mansfield, Rachel Carson, Helen Garner, Jean-Paul Clébert, Colin Thubron, William Boyd, Matsuo Bashō, and many more, \u003ci\u003eGlobetrotting\u003c\/i\u003e takes us across the streets of London, Rome, Melbourne, Cairo, Kiev and Kabu; through the frozen wastes of Antarctica; along the pilgrim paths of Japan; into the jungles of Ghana; and around the Great Wall of China.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDuncan Minshull\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance audio producer and anthologist, and formerly a senior producer at BBC Radio where he commissioned and produced the series \u003ci\u003eBook Of The Week\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBook at Bedtime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Essay\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShort Story\u003c\/i\u003e. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eWhile Wandering\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeneath My Feet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSauntering\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhere My Feet Fall\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written extensively about the subject of walking for \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (UK), \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConde Nast Traveller, Slightly Foxed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePsychologies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in West London and leads walking tours--\"walk and talks\"--across various parts of the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 7.5 x 4.75 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763750830368,"sku":"9781912559459","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0987eb609bae7af2875ff8dafb4d7f38.webp?v=1780239746","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/globetrotting-writers-walk-the-world-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}