Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination by Robert Macfarlane

Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination

Robert Macfarlane

320 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history nature travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
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Combining accounts of legendary mountain ascents with vivid descriptions of his own forays into wild, high landscapes, Robert McFarlane reveals how the mystery of the world’s highest places has came to grip the Western imagination—and perennially ...

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Moods

adventurous 89%
informative 89%
reflective 69%
inspiring 47%
challenging 19%
emotional 10%
dark 6%
relaxing 6%
sad 6%
mysterious 4%
hopeful 2%
lighthearted 2%
tense 2%

Pace

slow 53%
medium 44%
fast 2%

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