- Description and travel, Nature, Travel, Wilderness areas
“An eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though we’re laying waste the world, nature still holds sway over much of the earth’s surface. ”—Bill McKibben Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland?
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Character
Earnest, grave, contemplative and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Robert Macfarlane
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 340
- Publisher
- Granta, Penguin Books, GRANTA BOOKS
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781847082008
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