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			===Author===

			Rebecca Solnit

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			In Wanderlust: A History of Walking, Rebecca Solnit explores walking as a defining human activity that has shaped culture, philosophy, literature, and creativity. From the long walks of Romantic poets and peripatetic philosophers to the meditative traditions of Asian poets and thinkers, Solnit traces how walking has informed human thought across history and geography. She examines walking as a means of observation, solitude, health, and reflection, arguing that the simple act of moving through the world on foot offers a pace and perspective increasingly absent in car-dominated landscapes and cities. Both a cultural history and a quiet manifesto, the book reclaims walking as an essential, yet underappreciated, part of the human experience.<ref>http://amzn.to/eMe2Hx
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			[[Space and Time]]

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Wanderlust: A History of Walking [Paperback]
Rebecca Solnit (Author)

Amazon.com Review
The ability to walk on two legs over long distances distinguishes Homo sapiens from other primates, and indeed from every other species on earth. That ability has also yielded some of the best creative work of our species: the lyrical ballads of the English romantic poets, composed on long walks over hill and dale; the speculations of the peripatetic philosophers; the meditations of footloose Chinese and Japanese poets; the exhortations of Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman.
Rebecca Solnit, a thoughtful writer and spirited walker, takes her readers on a leisurely journey through the prehistory, history, and natural history of bipedal motion. Walking, she observes, affords its practitioners an immediate reward--the ability to observe the world at a relaxed gait, one that allows us to take in sights, sounds, and smells that we might otherwise pass by. It provides a vehicle for much-needed solitude and private thought. For the health-minded, walking affords a low-impact and usually pleasant way of shedding a few pounds and stretching a few muscles. It is an essential part of the human adventure--and one that has, until now, been too little documented.

Written in a time when landscapes and cities alike are designed to accommodate automobiles and not pedestrians, Solnit's extraordinary book is an enticement to lace up shoes and set out on an aimless, meditative stroll of one's own. --Gregory McNamee --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics); second printing edition (June 5, 2001)
Language: English

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