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| The Best of Wainwright | 
 enlarge | Author: Alfred Wainwright
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 16984
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.8 x 1.1
ISBN: 0711224633
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9780711224636
ASIN: 0711224633
Publication Date: October 30, 2004
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A non-walker September 28, 2006
42 out of 43 found this review helpful
This is an absolute must-have if you have any interest walking. Even if you have no interest in walking you can't fail to be taken in by the consistently detailed drawings and conversational prose. Each and every page contains the most beautiful pen drawn maps, views and very accurate drawings of the Lakeland fells themselves. Further, Wainwright takes the reader through each fell climb in his own handwriting which, startlingly, justifies to both margins with not a hyphenated word in sight - a feat in itself which I've not seen elsewhere. Perhaps I'm impressed because I'm a graphic designer but I really don't see how anyone could be disappointed with this fascinating book.
Excellent introduction to Wainwright January 7, 2006
49 out of 49 found this review helpful
This is a charming (yet also practical) introduction to Wainwright's series of Lake District guides, being a very personal response by an obvious aficionado. Much of the book consists of excerpts from the works themselves, with Wainwright's maps and drawings; these are excellent in themselves, and well chosen - often, the selections are based on AW's own 'Top Fells' and 'Top Summits' (not necessarily the same). Davies contributes illuminating and perceptive introductions to the excerpts, highlighting what is so special about AW - the meticulousness, the jokes (even cartoons), the comprehensiveness. Although there have been changes to the Lake District since the books were originally written, the fells themselves are largely unchanged, and this remains a useful practical guide, if used with an up-to-date map. AW - for this reader, anyway - emerges from the book with reputation enhanced.
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