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The Living Mountain

by Shepherd, Nan

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Book Overview "In a world of self-help, this is true inspiration, deeply admirable without the distance of heroism, bracing without stridency and, ulti...
"In a world of self-help, this is true inspiration, deeply admirable without the distance of heroism, bracing without stridency and, ultimately, generous. The mountain, Shepherd tells us, is 'a corrective of glib assessment.' So is its book." --The New York Times Book Review

An internationally bestselling classic on the power of the natural world--"part memoir, part field notebook, part lyrical meditation on nature and our relationship with it, evocative of Rachel Carson and Henry Beston and John Muir" (Maria Popova, The New York Times).

This masterpiece of nature writing by Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into "the high and holy places" of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world of spectacular cliffs, deep silences, and lakes so clear that they cannot be imagined. As she walks through clouds, endures blizzards, and watches the great spirals of eagles in flight, Shepherd comes to know something about the hidden life of this remarkable landscape--and also herself.

The Living Mountain is the result of one woman's lifetime spent in search of the essential nature of the wild world around her. Composed during World War II, Shepherd's manuscript lay untouched for almost four decades, nearly lost to time, before it was finally published. In the decades since, audiences and critics of all generations have embraced it as a classic, an enduring testament to the magnificence of mountains and our communion with the environment.

Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 176 | Language: English | Publisher: SCRIBNER BOOKS CO | ISBN: 1668066599
FormatPaperback
Pages176
LanguageEnglish
ISBN1668066599
EAN9781668066591
PublisherSCRIBNER BOOKS CO
Publication Date2025-03-18
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.3 Pounds
Length7.9 Inches
Width5.1 Inches
Height0.6 Inches
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