The Wild Rover by Mike Parker

The Wild Rover by Mike Parker

Mike Parker, bestselling author of Map Addict, is back with a brilliant, intelligent and witty exploration of a glorious and passionate British subject - footpaths and our rights of way.

On Map Addict:

'Mike Parker offers an exhilarating celebration of the humble map' Mail on Sunday

This excellent book on the pleasures of maps and navigation, which is also a withering attack on the infantilisation of the satnav age’. Daily Telegraph

‘A highly engaging and thoughtful, haphazard and personal, meander around maps and map-related arcane.' Daily Mail

'This eclectic, funny and warm book should be on the shelves of everyone who has spent hours staring at a map.' The Great Outdoors

'A witty entreaty to leave the satnav in the car, and to head for the hills with the Ordnance Survey.' BBC Country File magazine

‘Parker proves a witty and engaging guide’ Guardian

‘Mike Parker makes of a book about footpaths a wonderfully exhilarating literary excursion on and off a hundred beaten tracks’ – Jan Morris CBE , historian, author and travel writer

‘Mike Parker’s book on footpaths is a genuine page-turner’. – Walk Magazine

Mike Parker has had a varied career, which at one point saw him working as a stand-up comedian. He has been widely published and also presents various travel programmes for radio and television. His books to date include the Rough Guide to Wales as well as several other guide books. He writes freelance travel pieces for most of the UK papers, including the Independent, the Independent on Sunday, the Guardian, the Sunday Times and the Mirror.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780007372669
ISBN 10	0007372663
Title	The Wild Rover
Author	Mike Parker
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2011-04-14
Number of pages	336
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.