{"product_id":"rising-ground-philip-marsden-9780226366098","title":"Rising Ground: A Search for the Spirit of Place","description":"In 2010, Philip Marsden, whom Giles Foden has called \"one of our most thoughtful travel writers,\" moved with his family to a rundown farmhouse in the countryside in Cornwall. From the moment he arrived, Marsden found himself fascinated by the landscape around him, and, in particular, by the traces of human history--and of the human relationship to the land--that could be seen all around him. Wanting to experience the idea more fully, he set out to walk across Cornwall, to the evocatively named Land's End. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRising Ground\u003c\/i\u003e is a record of that journey, but it is also so much more: a beautifully written meditation on place, nature, and human life that encompasses history, archaeology, geography, and the love of place that suffuses us when we finally find home. Firmly in a storied tradition of English nature writing that stretches from Gilbert White to Helen MacDonald, \u003ci\u003eRising Ground\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the ways that places and peoples have interacted over time, from standing stones to footpaths, ancient habitations to modern highways. What does it mean to truly live in a place, and what does it take to understand, and honor, those who lived and died there long before we arrived? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like the best travel and nature writing, \u003ci\u003eRising Ground\u003c\/i\u003e is written with the pace of a contemplative walk, and is rich with insight and a powerful sense of the long skein of years that links us to our ancestors. Marsden's close, loving look at the small patch of earth around him is sure to help you see your own place--and your own home--anew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Marsden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022636609X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226366098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2016 pg. 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2016","brand":"Philip Marsden","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057294242047,"sku":"9780226366098","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_558dedbc-e844-494f-81ae-17e193f60a09.jpg?v=1685046142","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rising-ground-philip-marsden-9780226366098","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}