Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination

Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination

Robert Macfarlane

Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 4.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0Audiobook:
🄾
šŸ’­
šŸ”ļø

MOUNTAINS OF THE MIND traces the historical antecedents that shaped our popular conception of the Great Outdoors--in particular, our desire to climb mountains. Journalist MacFarlane blends adventure story with poetry, art movements with history, to paint a vivid and richly detailed story about why we love to scale those d

Published: Jan 01, 2003

|

Est. Pages: 320

|View All Languages & Editions
Community recs if you liked this book...