Walking Europe's Last Wilderness: A Journey Through the Carpathian Mountains

by Nick Thorpe

An evocative voyage through the Carpathian mountain range and its threatened landscape, peoples, and history

The Carpathian Mountains of Poland, Slovakia, Romania, and Ukraine are Europe's last true wilderness. A landscape of great spruce and beech forests, grass meadows, and ancient villages, its people contend daily with the elements--as well as Europe's last large carnivores. But this fragile ecosystem is now under threat, from climate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300253540
• ISBN13: 9780300253542
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 400 Pages