{"product_id":"mountain-lines-jonathan-arlan-9781510709751","title":"Mountain Lines: A Journey Through the French Alps","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best summer travel book recommendation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA nonfiction debut about an American's solo, month-long, 400-mile walk from Lake Geneva to Nice.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the summer of 2015, Jonathan Arlan was nearing thirty. Restless, bored, and daydreaming of adventure, he comes across an image on the Internet one day: a map of the southeast corner of France with a single red line snaking south from Lake Geneva, through the jagged brown and white peaks of the Alps to the Mediterranean sea--a route more than four hundred miles long. He decides then and there to walk the whole trail solo.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLacking any outdoor experience, completely ignorant of mountains, sorely out of shape, and fighting last-minute nerves and bad weather, things get off to a rocky start. But Arlan eventually finds his mountain legs--along with a staggering variety of aches and pains--as he tramps a narrow thread of grass, dirt, and rock between cloud-collared, ice-capped peaks in the High Alps, through ancient hamlets built into hillsides, across sheep-dotted mountain pastures, and over countless cols on his way to the sea. In time, this simple, repetitive act of walking for hours each day in the remote beauty of the mountains becomes as exhilarating as it is exhausting.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMountain Lines\u003c\/i\u003e is the stirring account of a month-long journey on foot through the French Alps and a passionate and intimate book laced with humor, wonder, and curiosity. In the tradition of trekking classics like \u003ci\u003eA Short Walk in the Hindu Kush\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Snow Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTracks\u003c\/i\u003e, the book is a meditation on movement, solitude, adventure, and the magnetic power of the natural world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Arlan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1510709754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781510709751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2017 pg. 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/03\/2017","brand":"Jonathan Arlan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088484806911,"sku":"9781510709751","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_15653bf5-1eb5-48b9-8c95-52355ad4ac5a.jpg?v=1769105026","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mountain-lines-jonathan-arlan-9781510709751","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}