The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
#2578 of 3,809 books · #155 in General
Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (2012).
The author recounts his walking explorations through historical British territories, roads, and sea paths, drawing on themes in natural history, cartography, archaeology, and literature.
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- ISBN-13
- 9780670025114
- Genre
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Awards
- Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionShortlistedMajor(2012)
Other awarded books from Robert Macfarlane
- Landmarks (2015)0 wins · 4 score
- Underland: A Deep Time Journey (2019)0 wins · 3 score
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