Rising Ground: A Search for the Spirit of Place

by Philip Marsden

Book Overview

In 2010, Philip Marsden, whom Giles Foden has called "one of our most thoughtful travel writers," moved with his family to a rundown farmhouse in the countryside in Cornwall. From the moment he arrived, Marsden found himself fascinated by the landscape around him, and, in particular, by the traces of human history--and of the human relationship to the land--that could be seen all around him. Wanting to experience the idea more fully, he set out to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022636609X
• ISBN13: 9780226366098
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.6"