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Title: Outpost: A journey to the wild ends of the earth
Author: RICHARDS DAN
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 02/06/2020
Imprint: CANONGATE
Price: $23.00
Publishing status: Active
There are still wild places out there on our crowded planet.
Through a series of personal journeys, Dan Richards explores the appeal of far-flung outposts in mountains, tundra, forests, oceans and deserts. Following a route from the Cairngorms of Scotland to the fire-watch lookouts of Washington State; from Iceland’s ‘Houses of Joy’ to the Utah desert; frozen ghost towns in Svalbard to shrines in Japan; Roald Dahl’s writing hut to a lighthouse in the North Atlantic, Richards explores landscapes which have inspired writers, artists and musicians, and asks: why are we drawn to wilderness? What can we do to protect them? And what does the future hold for outposts on the edge?
ISBN: 9781786891570
Dimension: 198mm X 129mm
Pages: 336