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On trails / Robert Moor.
In 2009, while thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, Robert Moor began to wonder about the paths that lie beneath our feet: How do they form? Why do some improve over time while others devolve? What makes us follow or strike off on our own? Over the course of the next seven years, Moor traveled the globe, exploring trails of all kinds, from the miniscule to the massive. He learned the tricks of master trail-builders, hunted down long-lost Cherokee trails, and traced the origins of our road networks and the Internet. In each chapter, Moor interweaves his adventures with findings from science, history, philosophy, and nature writing -- combining the nomadic joys of Peter Matthiessen with the eclectic wisdom of Lewis Hyde's The Gift. Throughout, Moor reveals how this single topic--the oft-overlooked trail -- sheds new light on a wealth of age-old questions: How does order emerge out of chaos? How did animals first crawl forth from the seas and spread across continents? How has humanity's relationship with nature and technology shaped world around us? And, ultimately, how does each of us pick a path through life?
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476739212
- ISBN: 1476739218
- ISBN: 9781476739236
- ISBN: 1476739234
- Physical Description: 340 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2015
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Genre: | Nonfiction. Autobiographies. Autobiographies. Autobiographies. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | 796.51 MOO (Text) | 000135756 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
On Trails : An Exploration
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Author Notes
On Trails : An Exploration
Robert Moor is the New York Times bestselling author of On Trails and the creator of the podcast Joe Exotic: Tiger King . His writing has appeared in New York magazine, The New York Times , GQ , Harper's , and n+1 , among other publications. He is currently at work on a new book, entitled In Trees .
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