The Walker's Anthology

Almost every author who has ever written has had something to say on the subject. In this fascinating anthology, Deborah Manley has drawn on writings of more than 50 literary figures from around the world – Bill Bryson, Agatha Christie, Captain James Cook, Charles Dickens, Daniel Defoe, Peter Fleming, Rudyard Kipling, George Orwell, JB Priestley, Bayard Taylor, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry David Thoreau, Colin Thubron and Mark Twain among many others.