{"product_id":"a-ramble-through-the-history-of-walking-9781803999623","title":"A Ramble Through the History of Walking","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The great affair is to move: to come down off this featherbed of civilization, and find the globe granite underfoot, ' wrote Robert Louis Stevenson. This book celebrates the history of walking for leisure and pleasure.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e There's no shortage of the famous, and the not so famous, exponents of a good, long walk: Dr. Johnson and his faithful Boswell on their Hebridean jaunt; John Taylor, whose Penniless Pilgrimage, a record of his 1618 journey from London to Edinburgh, provided the first account of a walking tour; and Samuel Coleridge who conceived his epic tale of the Ancient Mariner on a ramble through Devon. The author also includes the stories of key inventions: the cagoule, the Thermos flask, the rucksack, Gore-Tex and the walking pole. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Fully illustrated throughout, \u003ci\u003eA Ramble Through the History of Walking\u003c\/i\u003e tells the engaging history of one of man's favorite pastimes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803999623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240","brand":"Bill Laws","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52147052806325,"sku":"9781803999623","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e4695839-55ae-43f9-92d4-c7bb59cc2b2d.jpg?v=1767678673","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-ramble-through-the-history-of-walking-9781803999623","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}