{"product_id":"the-gentle-art-of-tramping","title":"The Gentle Art of Tramping by Stephen Graham","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An absolute gem of a book' \u003ci\u003eAlastair Humphreys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1926, \u003ci\u003eThe Gentle Art of Tramping\u003c\/i\u003e is as relevant now as then. Tramping is an approach: to nature, to humankind, to nations, to beauty, to life itself. This lost classic is a breath of fresh air for world-weary souls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a gentle art; know how to tramp and you know how to live. Know how to meet your fellow wanderer, how to be passive to the beauty of nature and how to be active to its wildness and its rigour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe adventure is not the getting there, it's the 'on-the-way'. It is not the expected, it is the surprise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eAn absolute gem\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof a book\" --Alastair Humphreys,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMicroadventures, Local Adventures for Great Escapes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hymn to the wilderness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of the the British Isles\" --Robert Macfarlane, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wild Places\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wonderful book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, so many of its points as valid now as they were a hundred years ago. A great catalyst for getting people off their backsides and out into wild places, with its can-do attitude ... The pages of my copy are so dog-eared from turning down the corners to mark yet another quotable gem that I can hardly close it.\" --Christopher Somerville, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe January Man: A Year of Walking Britain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Beware this book, it's a wolf in sheep's clothing - a thrillingly subversive life philosophy dressed in alluring practical advice. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eStrongly recommended\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for rebels and the restless\" --Tristan Gooley, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Natural Navigator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gentle Art of Tramping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Mr. Graham's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003emasterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. We Set Out\u003cbr\u003e2. Boots\u003cbr\u003e3. The Knapsack\u003cbr\u003e4. Clothes\u003cbr\u003e5. Carrying Money\u003cbr\u003e6. The Companion\u003cbr\u003e7. Whither Away?\u003cbr\u003e8. The Art of Idleness\u003cbr\u003e9. Emblems of Tramping\u003cbr\u003e10. The Fire\u003cbr\u003e11. The Bed\u003cbr\u003e12. The Dip\u003cbr\u003e13. Drying after Rain\u003cbr\u003e14. Marching Songs\u003cbr\u003e15. Scrounging\u003cbr\u003e16. Seeking Shelter\u003cbr\u003e17. The Tramp as Cook\u003cbr\u003e18. Tobacco\u003cbr\u003e19. Books\u003cbr\u003e20. Long Halts\u003cbr\u003e21. Foreigners\u003cbr\u003e22. The Artist's Notebook\u003cbr\u003e23. Maps\u003cbr\u003e24. Trespassers' Walk\u003cbr\u003e25. A Zigzag Walk\u003cbr\u003e26. The Open\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor the Reader to Contribute\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Note on the Author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Graham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1884-1975) was a British journalist, travel writer and novelist. His books recount his travels around pre-revolutionary Russia and to Jerusalem with a group of Russian Christian pilgrims. Most of his works express sympathy for the poor, for agricultural labourers and vagabonds, and his distaste for industrialisation. He was the son of the editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBloomsbury Reader\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJuly 09, 2019\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9781448217243\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.7\" H x 7.1\" L x 4.6\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e208 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45576316977338,"sku":"9781448217243","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_226e9ed8-9644-4693-bfbb-6715fea77fc9.jpg?v=1770782499","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/the-gentle-art-of-tramping","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}