Shop all Trinity University Press

The Walk - by William Debuys (Paperback)

Name: The Walk - by William Debuys (Paperback)
Brand: Trinity University Press
SKU: 1009805124
Price: 15.95 USD
Availability: InStock

0 out of 5 stars with 0 reviews

5 Questions

$15.95

In Stock

Free & easy returns

Return this item by mail or in store within 90 days for a full refund.

Eligible for registries and wish lists

Save 5% every day

With Target Circle™ Card

About this item

Details

Highlights

In The Walk, William deBuys writes about personal loss and the power of the landscape to nurture the recovery of hope.
About the Author: William deBuys is a writer and conservationist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
176 Pages
Nature, Essays

Description

About the Book

An exploration of the connection between personal history and natural history

Book Synopsis

In The Walk, William deBuys writes about personal loss and the power of the landscape to nurture the recovery of hope. The book consists of three interrelated essays that move from a period of strife in the author's life to a kind of limbo and eventually to a place of peace.

The setting is deBuys' small farm in New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Each morning, he takes the same walk through the woods, arriving, as he describes in the first essay, at a clarity that comes from looking at the same vantage point for years.

The middle essay, "Geranium," takes its name from a mare deBuys had to put down, and whose remains become one with the forest.

In the final essay, deBuys reflects on drought, the loss of a friend, and the resurgence of land and hope.

Contemplative, compassionate, and quietly humorous, The Walk is nature writing at its finest.

Review Quotes

"DeBuys' pensive and quiet book offers a way out of despair and toward hope." -- San Francisco Chronicle

"William deBuys' extended prose-poetic, meditative ramble through the fields and woods of his northern New Mexico home is a rare work of such quiet, lyrical beauty that it needs to be savored."-- Albuquerque Journal

About the Author

William deBuys is a writer and conservationist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is the author of The Walk and River of Traps, coauthored with Alex Harris, which was a finalist for the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction and a 1990 New York Times Notable Book of the Year. DeBuys's other books are Salt Dreams: Land and Water in Low-Down California, which received a Western States Book Award, Seeing Things Whole: The Essential John Wesley Powell, and A Great Aridness. His shorter work has appeared in many publications, including Story, Orion, and the New York Times Book Review.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 7.8 Inches (H) x 5.1 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)

Weight: .45 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 176

Genre: Nature

Sub-Genre: Essays

Publisher: Trinity University Press

Format: Paperback

Author: William Debuys

Language: English

Street Date: August 25, 2009

TCIN: 1009805124

UPC: 9781595340597

Item Number (DPCI): 247-37-0195

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

If the item details aren’t accurate or complete, we want to know about it.

Shipping & Returns

Shipping details

Estimated ship dimensions: 0.6 inches length x 5.1 inches width x 7.8 inches height

Estimated ship weight: 0.45 pounds

We regret that this item cannot be shipped to PO Boxes.

This item cannot be shipped to the following locations: American Samoa (see also separate entry under AS), Guam (see also separate entry under GU), Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico (see also separate entry under PR), United States Minor Outlying Islands, Virgin Islands, U.S., APO/FPO, Alaska, Hawaii

Return details

This item can be returned to any Target store or Target.com.

This item must be returned within 90 days of the date it was purchased in store, delivered to the guest, delivered by a Shipt shopper, or picked up by the guest.

See the return policy for complete information.