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On Trails: An Exploration
On Trails An Exploration
Author: Robert Moor
In 2009, while thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, Robert Moor began to wonder about the paths that lie beneath our feet: How do they form? Why do some improve over time while others fade? What makes us follow or strike off on our own? — Over the course of the next seven years, Moor traveled the globe, exploring trails of all kinds, from...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781476739212
ISBN-10: 1476739218
Publication Date: 7/12/2016
Pages: 320
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4 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Both meditative and informative; personal and scientific; American and international; human-focused and also broader than that.

Discusses trails - insect trails, animal trails, human trails in the context of communicating with one another and making our way in the world.

Well-written and nicely structured for the most part, although the last fourth should have been edited more.

My only complaints: the book has no references and no index; and he uses the weird expression "stone fences" where anyone where I come from (not to mention Robert Frost) would say "stone walls."

Recommended for wanderers who like science mixed with memoir.


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