{"product_id":"a-ramble-through-the-history-of-walking-paperback-22","title":"A Ramble Through the History of Walking - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill Laws\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.73 x 5.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47509644804345,"sku":"9781803999623","price":23.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/tcXIcGOBVp9781803999623_a8795975-51e4-4e0f-bf0f-1bb38ec55862.webp?v=1773377988","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-ramble-through-the-history-of-walking-paperback-22","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}