Wanderlust: A History of Walking
by Rebecca Solnit
Published for the first time: 6/1/2001
356 pages, Paperback
Genres: Walking, History, Travel, Nature, Nonfiction, Essays, Philosophy
This volume provides a history of walking, exploring the relationship between thinking and walking and between walking and culture. The author argues for the preservation of the time and space in which to walk in an ever more car-dependent and accelerated world.
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