The lost art of walking : the history, science, philosophy, and literature of pedestrianism / Geoff Nicholson.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2008Description: 276 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 159448998X
- 9781594489983
- History, science, philosophy, and literature of pedestrianism
- 796.51 22
- GV199.5 .N534 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-273).
Los Angeles : walking wounded with Ray and Phil and others -- Eccentrics, obsessives, artists : walks with Richard Long, captain Barclay, et al. -- Nicholson's London, your London, anybody's London -- As I tripped out one morning : music, movement, movies -- A man walks into a bar : New York, the shape of the city, down among the psychogeographers and mixologists -- Some desert walkers, walking in and out of nature, with and without god -- The walking photograph -- Walking home and away from home -- Perfect and imperfect walks, last walks, the walks we didn't take.
A cultural commentator and author of such works as Sex Collectors and The Food Chain evaluates walking from a range of disciplines to consider how the activity has inspired sporting events, mystical revelations, and artistic legacies.
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