The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland

by Nan Shepherd

Book Overview

In this masterpiece of nature writing, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense, poetic prose explores and records the rocks, rivers, creatures and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape. Shepherd spent a lifetime in search of the 'essential nature' of the Cairngorms; her quest led her to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857861832
• ISBN13: 9780857861832
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.7"