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Globetrotting - by Duncan Minshull (Hardcover)

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  • "There was nowhere to go but everywhere.
  • About the Author: Duncan Minshull is a freelance audio producer and anthologist, and formerly a senior producer at BBC Radio where he commissioned and produced the series Book Of The Week, Book at Bedtime, The Essay, and Short Story.
  • 176 Pages
  • Literary Collections, Essays

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"In Globetrotting, Duncan Minshull, the UK's 'laureate of walking,' brings together the work of more than fifty walker-writers who have traveled the world's seven continents by foot. From the 1500s to the present day comes a memorable band of explorers and adventurers, scientists and missionaries, pleasure-seekers and literary drifters recalling their experiences and asking themselves a compelling question -- why travel this way in the first place?"



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"There was nowhere to go but everywhere." --Jack Kerouac

From Duncan Minshull, the UK's "laureate of walking," a collection of more than fifty writings about hiking the globe from contemporary and classic authors such as Mark Twain, William Boyd, Edith Wharton, Helen Garner, Rabindranath Tagore, and many more.

In Globetrotting, Duncan Minshull, the UK's "laureate of walking," brings together the work of more than fifty walker-writers who have traveled the world's seven continents by foot. From the 1500s to the present day comes a memorable band of explorers and adventurers, scientists and missionaries, pleasure-seekers and literary drifters recalling their experiences and asking themselves a compelling question--why travel this way in the first place?

With contributions from Herman Melville, Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Darwin, Vernon Lee, Sarah H. Bradford, Rabindranath Tagore, D. H. Lawrence, Isabella Bird, Katherine Mansfield, Rachel Carson, Helen Garner, Jean-Paul Clébert, Colin Thubron, William Boyd, Matsuo Bashō, and many more, Globetrotting takes us across the streets of London, Rome, Melbourne, Cairo, Kiev and Kabu; through the frozen wastes of Antarctica; along the pilgrim paths of Japan; into the jungles of Ghana; and around the Great Wall of China.



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"Fifty writers recount their journeys by foot in this delightful compendium from anthologist Minshull. Spanning 500 years and seven continents, the contributors range from Christopher Columbus...to Bengali poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore....Hikers, explorers, and those seeking contemplative journeys will be inspired. " --Publishers Weekly

"An evocative portrait of the joys and inner awakenings that travel can arouse." --Times Literary Supplement



About the Author



Duncan Minshull is a freelance audio producer and anthologist, and formerly a senior producer at BBC Radio where he commissioned and produced the series Book Of The Week, Book at Bedtime, The Essay, and Short Story. His previous books include While Wandering, Beneath My Feet, Sauntering, and Where My Feet Fall. He has written extensively about the subject of walking for The Times (UK), Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Conde Nast Traveller, Slightly Foxed, Psychologies, and Vogue. He lives in West London and leads walking tours--"walk and talks"--across various parts of the UK.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.5 Inches (H) x 4.75 Inches (W) x .65 Inches (D)
Weight: .45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 176
Genre: Literary Collections
Sub-Genre: Essays
Publisher: Notting Hill Editions
Format: Hardcover
Author: Duncan Minshull
Language: English
Street Date: April 2, 2024
TCIN: 89496328
UPC: 9781912559459
Item Number (DPCI): 247-29-5127
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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