Kinder Scout by Ed Douglas
Kinder Scout: The Peoples MountainbyEd DouglasandJohn Beatty is a celebration of a northern English mountain and our role in its creation. In this unique collaboration they reveal the social, political, cultural and ecological developments that have shaped the physical and human landscape of this enigmatic and treasured hill.'Kinder – even the word has an echo-like quality. And this is a book of beautiful echoes in which words and pictures call to each other back and forth across the pages. Simple waymarkers such as moss, grouse, flight open up a spacious meditation that takes in history, adventure, memory and the necessity of beauty. The echoes build as we pass through the phases of the book, creating a vivid and moving iconography of the character and temper of this ‘half-poisoned, denuded and yet still-sacred ground.' – Katharine Towers, award-winning poet and author of The Remedies and The Floating Man
'Everyone who loves the Peak District should have this book and help to work for its ultimate redemption. We will win!' – Mark Avery
'Quietly astonishing and important piece of work.' – David Lintern, The Great Outdoors
'Douglas tells the story in his fine poetic style, "pacing out time’s shore" while walking its northern rim, or when squatting on the summit "dismantled by wind and rain, grains of sand washed away, and me with them, pretty soon".' – Jules Stewart, Geographical
'This is one of the most stand out books you will ever see. You will come to appreciate one of our most most iconic landscapes, its people, its seasons and beauty. This is achieved though it's delightful, thoughtful and well researched commentary combined with enchanting imagery. In a phrase it's a "Classic".' - Mansel Kersey, The Snow Leopard Award
Born in 1966, Ed Douglas began walking and climbing in the Peak District as a boy. Since then he has travelled to mountain regions all over the world, particularly the Himalaya, reporting on stories as diverse as the occupation of Tibet and climate change, as well as to climb in the mountains. He is an award-winning author of eleven books about mountains and their people, including Rock Athlete, the memoirs of rock climber Ron Fawcett, which won the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature in 2010, and The Magician’s Glass, which was shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award in 2017. A contributor to The Guardian for over twenty-five years, he writes a column for the paper’s Country Diary. He lives in Sheffield with his wife Kate, a science editor.
John Beatty is outstanding among contemporary British nature, travel and adventure photographers, his international reputation securely based on a vast portfolio of extraordinary images from around the world that celebrate the beauty, variety and magnificence of landscape and nature. John shoots for a range of national and international commercial clients and his work appears frequently in British and international media. His books include The Pure Land: A Celebration of Wild Places, Sula: Seabird Hunters of Lewis, and Wild Vision. Passionate about wilderness experience and its value, he publishes the annual Wild Nature Diary for the John Muir Trust, the leading wild land conservation charity in the UK. John has lived in Bamford, in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District, for over thirty years with his wife Jan and two children. He walks and cycles every day among his home moors when he’s not travelling more distant parts of the globe.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781911342502 |
| ISBN 10 | 1911342509 |
| Title | Kinder Scout |
| Author | Ed Douglas |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vertebrate Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2018-03-22 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature 2018 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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