The Gentle Art of Tramping

ISBN-13: 9781448217243 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 208 str.

Stephen Graham

Opis

'An absolute gem of a book' Alastair Humphreys First published in 1926, The Gentle Art of Tramping is as relevant now as then. Tramping is an approach: to nature, to humankind, to nations, to beauty, to life itself. This lost classic is a breath of fresh air for world-weary souls. It is a gentle art; know how to tramp and you know how to live. Know how to meet your fellow wanderer, how to be passive to the beauty of nature and how to be active to its wildness and its rigour. The adventure is not the getting there, it’s the ‘on-the-way’. It is not the expected, it is the surprise.

Recenzje

An absolute gem of a book Alastair Humphreys Microadventures, Local Adventures for Great Escapes

Spis treści

Foreword1. We Set Out2. Boots3. The Knapsack4. Clothes5. Carrying Money6. The Companion7. Whither Away?8. The Art of Idleness9. Emblems of Tramping10. The Fire11. The Bed12. The Dip13. Drying after Rain14. Marching Songs15. Scrounging16. Seeking Shelter17. The Tramp as Cook18. Tobacco19. Books20. Long Halts21. Foreigners22. The Artist's Notebook23. Maps24. Trespassers' Walk25. A Zigzag Walk26. The OpenFor the Reader to ContributeA Note on the Author

O autorze

Graham, StephenStephen Graham (1884-1975) was a British journalist, travel writer and novelist. His books recount his travels around pre-revolutionary Russia and to Jerusalem with a group of Russian Christian pilgrims. Most of his works express sympathy for the poor, for agricultural labourers and vagabonds, and his distaste for industrialisation. He was the son of the editor of Country Life.