Walk in Ireland An Anthology of Walking Literature

Michael Fewer has assembled a selection of descriptions of pedestrian travel throughout Ireland during the past 200 years. Through Fewer's selection of articles, excerpts, letters and journal entries we experience the beauty of high moors and mountains, see the conditions of the peasantry improve from poverty to wealth, mark the evolution of politics and society, and most of all enjoy the pleasures of exploring Ireland on foot. Samuel Johnson's hilarious description of a walk that ended with a fall into the Liffey, J.B. Malone's early journal entries telling of his discovery of the Wicklow mountains and Eric Newby's account of a pilgrimage ascent of Croagh Patrick are only a few of the fascinating stories brought together in this collection. What all the contributors share is that they travelled on foot.Fewer, Michael is the author of 'Walk in Ireland An Anthology of Walking Literature', published 2002 under ISBN 9780953535323 and ISBN 0953535320.