{"product_id":"a-ramble-through-the-history-bill-laws-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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Laws\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1803999624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803999623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Bill Laws","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47760582377727,"sku":"9781803999623","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_713d8510-7856-48b1-940b-08e3d10b7c15.jpg?v=1765513908","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-ramble-through-the-history-bill-laws-9781803999623","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}