{"product_id":"9781803999623","title":"A Ramble Through the History of Walking","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The great affair is to move: to come down off this featherbed of civilization, and find the globe granite underfoot,' wrote Robert Louis Stevenson. This book celebrates the history of walking for leisure and pleasure.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e There's no shortage of the famous, and the not so famous, exponents of a good, long walk: Dr. Johnson and his faithful Boswell on their Hebridean jaunt; John Taylor, whose Penniless Pilgrimage, a record of his 1618 journey from London to Edinburgh, provided the first account of a walking tour; and Samuel Coleridge who conceived his epic tale of the Ancient Mariner on a ramble through Devon. The author also includes the stories of key inventions: the cagoule, the Thermos flask, the rucksack, Gore-Tex and the walking pole. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Fully illustrated throughout, \u003ci\u003eA Ramble Through the History of Walking\u003c\/i\u003e tells the engaging history of one of man's favorite pastimes. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bill Laws","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":47828763181108,"sku":"9781803999623","price":31.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/0320\/4404\/files\/BNCImageAPI_5a67c15f-78fc-49a9-bba3-97242f2debef.jpg?v=1779549409","url":"https:\/\/wanderingalbatrossbooks.com\/products\/9781803999623","provider":"Wandering Albatross Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}