{"product_id":"wanderlust-a-history-of-walking","title":"Wanderlust: A History of Walking","description":"A passionate, thought-provoking exploration of walking as a political and cultural activity, from the author of Orwell's Roses\n\nDrawing together many histories--of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and labyrinths, of walking clubs and sexual mores--Rebecca Solnit creates a fascinating portrait of the range of possibilities presented by walking. Arguing that the history of walking includes walking for pleasure as well as for political, aesthetic, and social meaning, Solnit focuses on the walkers whose everyday and extreme acts have shaped our culture, from philosophers to poets to mountaineers. She profiles some of the most significant walkers in history and fiction--from Wordsworth to Gary Snyder, from Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet to Andre Breton's Nadja--finding a profound relationship between walking and thinking and walking and culture. Solnit argues for the necessity of preserving the time and space in which to walk in our ever more car-dependent and accelerated world.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0140286012\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0140286012.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Solnit, Rebecca\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41517320601658,"sku":"DBV.0140286012.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0140286012-0.jpg?v=1783833473","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/wanderlust-a-history-of-walking","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}