Bibliograph

Outpost, a journey to the wild ends of the Earth, Dan Richards

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Outpost, a journey to the wild ends of the Earth, Dan Richards

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references

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contains biographical information

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Outpost

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Dan Richards

Sub title

a journey to the wild ends of the Earth

Summary

There are still wild places out there on our crowded planet. Through a series of personal journeys, Dan Richards explores the appeal of far-flung outposts in mountains, tundra, forests, oceans, and deserts. These are landscapes that speak of deep time, whose scale can knock us down to size. Their untamed nature is part of their beauty and such places have long drawn the adventurous, the spiritual and the artistic. Following a route from the Cairngorms of Scotland to the fire-watch lookouts of Washington State, from Iceland's 'Houses of Joy' to the Utah desert; frozen ghost towns in Svalbard to shrines in Japan; Roald Dahl's Metro-land writing hut to a lighthouse in the North Atlantic, Richards explores landscapes and asks: why are we drawn to wilderness?

Target audience

adult

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