Ebook {Epub PDF} On Trails: An Exploration by Robert Moor

a meditative, yet active inquiry into the nature of trails (human, animal, and technological), robert moor's on trails: an exploration seamlessly blends science, history, philosophy, and a poet's unerringly observational eye to create a varied and constantly engaging work that spans several genres. like a long meandering hike where one is gifted with myriad overlooks, disparate perspectives, and plenty of thought4/5.  · From a talent who’s been compared to Annie Dillard, Edward Abbey, David Quammen, and Jared Diamond, On Trails is a wondrous exploration of how trails help us understand the world—from invisible ant 3/5(5).  · On Trails, the first book by American journalist Robert Moor, embodies this. It is a surprising story of trails as Moor takes us on disparate journeys. . As Moor walks, his bigger themes coalesce – and evolve. [His] exploration becomes a consideration of the trail/path of Brand: Simon Schuster.

Robert Moor is intellectually intrepid in his exploration — as a writer and a walker - of the genesis, meaning and wonder of trails. Trails of all kinds. He writes in the spirit of intellectual adventure represented by authors like Henry Thoreau, John Muir, Robert Macfarlane, Annie Dillard, Jared Diamond, and Bruce Chatwin. On Trails by Robert Moor, unknown edition, "From a brilliant new literary voice comes a groundbreaking exploration of how trails help us understand the world--from tiny ant trails to hiking paths that span continents, from interstate highways to the Internet. On Trails, the first book by American journalist Robert Moor, embodies this. It is a surprising story of trails as Moor takes us on disparate journeys. . As Moor walks, his bigger themes coalesce - and evolve. [His] exploration becomes a consideration of the trail/path of life, where to walk, how to live.".

Paperback. $ 82 Used from $ 26 New from $ From a brilliant new literary voice comes a groundbreaking exploration of how trails help us understand the world, from tiny ant trails to hiking paths that span continents, from interstate highways to the Internet. In , while hiking the Appalachian Trail, Robert Moor began to wonder about the paths that lie beneath our feet: How do they form?. Over the course of 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. a meditative, yet active inquiry into the nature of trails (human, animal, and technological), robert moor's on trails: an exploration seamlessly blends science, history, philosophy, and a poet's unerringly observational eye to create a varied and constantly engaging work that spans several genres. like a long meandering hike where one is gifted with myriad overlooks, disparate perspectives, and plenty of thought.