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Author | Robert Macfarlane |
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Subject | Geography |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Publication date | 2007 |
Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
Pages | 340 |
Awards | Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature |
ISBN | 978-1-86207-941-0 |
Preceded by | Mountains of the Mind |
Followed by | The Old Ways |
The Wild Places is a 2007 book by British writer Robert Macfarlane about the author's journey to explore and document the remaining wilderness of the British Isles. [1] The book is separated into 15 chapters, each a description of Macfarlane's journey to a particular type of wild place, such as "Island", "Valley", and "Moor". [2] [3] [4]