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Item Details
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THE WILD ROVER
A BLISTERING JOURNEY ALONG BRITAIN'S FOOTPATHS |
| By: |
Mike Parker |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0007372663 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780007372669 |
| Publisher: |
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS |
| Pub. date: |
14 April, 2011 |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Description: |
Mike Parker, bestselling author of Map Addict, is back with a brilliant, intelligent and witty exploration of a glorious and passionate British subject - footpaths and our rights of way. |
| Synopsis: |
Mike Parker, bestselling author of Map Addict, is back with a brilliant, intelligent and witty exploration of a glorious and passionate British subject - footpaths and our rights of way. Mike discovers how these paths have become part of our cultural landscape and why, at the tender age of 44, he suddenly finds himself at a crossroads. Provocative, funny and personal, this book celebrates Britain's unique and extraordinary network of footpaths. It examines their chequered and surprisingly turbulent history, from the Enclosures Acts of the eighteenth century to the 1932 Mass Trespass on Kinder Scout in Derbyshire; and from the hard-won post-war establishment of great National Trails like the Pennine Way to the dramatic latter-day battles by the likes of Nicholas van Hoogstraten and Madonna to keep ramblers off their land. The story ranges far and wide, to all corners of the country and beyond, and is filled with the many characters that Mike engages with along the way - the poets and artists, farmers and ramblers, landowners and Rights of Way officers and campaigners, historians, archivists and anyone else who crosses his path (or even tries to block it). |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Collins |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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