The Wilderness World of Cameron McNeish (signed copy)

McNeish,Cameron

ISBN 10: 1903238307 / ISBN 13: 9781903238301

Published by INpinn, Glasgow, 1991

About this Item

This is a Fine Copy of this Book in a Fine Dust-Jacket.Not Price clipped,with this copy being signed and inscribed by Cameron McNeish on the Title Page which reads. '' To Kevin with best wishes Cameron McNeish '' Superbly illustrated in with colour photography.Lovely clean copy internally and the dust-wrapper comes well protected in a cover sleeve,8vo 250pp First Edition 1st Impression [1991].

Seller Inventory # 76448

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Wilderness World of Cameron McNeish (signed copy)
• Publisher: INpinn, Glasgow
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903238307
• ISBN 13: 9781903238301
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • TOPOGRAPHY

About this title

Synopsis

Through his books and television programmes Cameron McNeish is recognised as Britain's best known advocate for wilderness. He considers himself an evangelist for the wild places of the world - mountains, deserts, remote coastlines and forests - anywhere that lies beyond the black stump.
Having walked, climbed, skied and backpacked throughout the world, including visits to Nepal, Pakistan, India, North America, Arctic Canada, the Alps, the Pyrenees, East Africa, the Caucasus and the Tatra mountains of Poland, Cameron's passion for his home hills of Scotland is the motivating factor in his long career as an outdoors writer and broadcaster.
The Wilderness World of Cameron McNeish takes the reader on a journey to those wild places: climbing one of North America's most dangerous volcanoes; traversing the Haute Route through France and Switzerland: following the Spanish sun in the Sierra de Aitana and on the island of Mallorca; learning wilderness philosophy from John Muir, the father of national parks and exploratory trekking in the Panch Chuli region of the Indian Himalaya.

There are wildlife encounters, from the tiny snow bunting of the high Cairngorms to the black bears of Yosemite, and lessons to be learned from those who went before us, our ancestors who knew something more essential about the land than we do, something that curiously escapes us.
Finally, through a series of essays on his native Scotland which define those elements that makes wilderness so special and worth protecting, this book offers the opportunity to gaze into the mind of one of Britain's best known outdoor commentators.

About the Author

Cameron McNeish is one of Scotland's best known hillwalkers and is editor of TGO magazine. He broadcasts regularly on national radio and television and is president of the Ramblers' Association (Scotland). He lives near Inverness in the shadow of the Cairngorms.