{"product_id":"a-ramble-through-the-history-of-walking-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Laws \u003c\/b\u003ehas written seven books on garden history, including \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ertist's Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e (Ward Lock, 1999). He writes for \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSainsbury's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePeriod House\u003c\/i\u003e. Formerly a professional gardener, he manages an organic garden on the Welsh borders. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"History Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52057928139026,"sku":"9781803999623","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_58076bc4-a1ee-4566-b56b-65384b38a92e.jpg?v=1772016840","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-ramble-through-the-history-of-walking-9781803999623","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}