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Unremembered Places (eBook)

Patrick Baker (Autor)

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2020 | 1. Auflage
224 Seiten
Birlinn Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78885-266-1 (ISBN)

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Shortlisted for the The Great Outdoors Awards - Outdoor Book of the Year 2020 Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature 2020 There are strange relics hidden across Scotland's landscape: forgotten places that are touchstones to incredible stories and past lives which still resonate today. Yet why are so many of these 'wild histories' unnoticed and overlooked? And what can they tell us about our own modern identity? From the high mountain passes of an ancient droving route to a desolate moorland graveyard, from uninhabited post-industrial islands and Clearance villages to caves explored by early climbers and the mysterious strongholds of Christian missionaries, Patrick Baker makes a series of journeys on foot and by paddle. Along the way, he encounters Neolithic settlements, bizarre World War Two structures, evidence of illicit whisky production, sacred wells and Viking burial grounds. Combining a rich fusion of travelogue and historical narrative, he threads themes of geology, natural and social history, literature, and industry from the places he visits, discovering connections between people and place more powerful than can be imagined.

Patrick Baker has worked in the publishing industry for many years and is currently a commercial writer and content producer for an investment management company. He is a keen outdoor enthusiast and has walked and climbed throughout Scotland and Europe. He is the author of The Cairngorms: A Secret History.

Shortlisted for the The Great Outdoors Awards - Outdoor Book of the Year 2020Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature 2020There are strange relics hidden across Scotland's landscape: forgotten places that are touchstones to incredible stories and past lives which still resonate today. Yet why are so many of these 'wild histories' unnoticed and overlooked? And what can they tell us about our own modern identity?From the high mountain passes of an ancient droving route to a desolate moorland graveyard, from uninhabited post-industrial islands and Clearance villages to caves explored by early climbers and the mysterious strongholds of Christian missionaries, Patrick Baker makes a series of journeys on foot and by paddle. Along the way, he encounters Neolithic settlements, bizarre World War Two structures, evidence of illicit whisky production, sacred wells and Viking burial grounds. Combining a rich fusion of travelogue and historical narrative, he threads themes of geology, natural and social history, literature, and industry from the places he visits, discovering connections between people and place more powerful than can be imagined.

Patrick Baker has worked in the publishing industry for many years and is currently writer for an investment management company. He is a keen outdoor enthusiast and has walked and climbed throughout Scotland and Europe. He is the author of The Cairngorms: A Secret History.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.5.2020
Zusatzinfo	8pp colour plates, maps
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Technik
Schlagworte	Ardnamurchan • armchair travel • Award • beauty spot • Belnahua • boardman tasker • Book Of The Year • Cairngorms • Clearances • countryfile • Easdale • edinburgh history • Firth of Forth • Geographical Magazine • Geology • great outdoors • History • Legend • Literature • Mountain • Nan Shepherd • NATURAL • Nature • Nature writing • New Horizons • Places of interest • Robert Macfarlane • Ruins • Scotland • Scotland Outdoors • Scottish History • Scottish identity • Scottish landscape • shortlisted • sorted • Storytelling • Travel • Travelogue • untamed • Wild • Wild Beauty
ISBN-10	1-78885-266-4 / 1788852664
ISBN-13	978-1-78885-266-1 / 9781788852661

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