The Wild Places

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Wild Places
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Robert Macfarlane
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreMemoirs
Pets and the Natural World
Travel writing
ISBN/Barcode 9781783784493
ClassificationsDewey:333.7820941
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Granta Books
Imprint Granta Books
Publication Date 9 November 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? Or have we tarmacked, farmed and built ourselves out of wildness? In his vital, bewitching, inspiring classic, Robert Macfarlane sets out in search of the wildness that remains.

Author Biography

Robert Macfarlane was born in Nottinghamshire in 1976. He is the author of Mountains of the Mind, The Wild Places, The Old Ways and Landmarks.Mountains of the Mind won the Guardian First Book Award, the Somerset Maugham Award and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. The Wild Places won the Boardman-Tasker Award and the Sundial Scottish Arts Council Non-fiction Award. He is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and writes on environmentalism, literature and travel for publications including the Guardian, the Sunday Times and The New York Times.Times.