{"product_id":"the-savage-frontier-matthew-carr-9781620974278","title":"The Savage Frontier: The Pyrenees in History and the Imagination","description":"\u003cb\u003eA sweeping historical travelogue of the contentious border of France and Spain, in the great tradition of Bruce Chatwin and Jan Morris\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith the Catalonia crisis making international headlines, the unique cultural and geographic region bordering Spain and France has once again moved to the center of the world's attention. In \u003cem\u003eThe Savage Frontier\u003c\/em\u003e, acclaimed author and journalist Matthew Carr uncovers the fascinating, multilayered story of the Pyrenees region--at once a forbidding, mountainous frontier zone of stunning beauty, home to a unique culture, and a site of sharp conflict between nations and empires.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarr follows the routes taken by monks, soldiers, poets, pilgrims, and refugees. He examines the people and events that have shaped the Pyrenees across the centuries, with a cast of characters including Napoleon, Hannibal, and Charlemagne; the eccentric British climber Henry Russell; Francisco Sabat  Llopart, the Catalan anarchist who waged a lone war against the Franco regime across the Pyrenees for years after the civil war; Camino de Santiago pilgrims; and the cellist Pablo Casals, who spent twenty-three years in exile only a few miles from the Spanish border to show his disgust and disapproval of the Spanish regime.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Savage Frontier\u003c\/em\u003e is a book that will spark a new awareness and appreciation of one of the most haunting, magical, and dramatic landscapes on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Carr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620974274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620974278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2018","brand":"Matthew Carr","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43987956891903,"sku":"9781620974278","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_55e6d034-d463-4ceb-86fa-56ed7c4ebc6d.jpg?v=1683291814","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-savage-frontier-matthew-carr-9781620974278","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}