{"product_id":"the-walk-paperback-2","title":"The Walk - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Debuys\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Walk\u003c\/i\u003e, William deBuys writes about personal loss and the power of the landscape to nurture the recovery of hope. The book consists of three interrelated essays that move from a period of strife in the author's life to a kind of limbo and eventually to a place of peace. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe setting is deBuys' small farm in New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Each morning, he takes the same walk through the woods, arriving, as he describes in the first essay, at a clarity that comes from looking at the same vantage point for years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe middle essay, \"Geranium,\" takes its name from a mare deBuys had to put down, and whose remains become one with the forest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the final essay, deBuys reflects on drought, the loss of a friend, and the resurgence of land and hope. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemplative, compassionate, and quietly humorous, \u003ci\u003eThe Walk\u003c\/i\u003e is nature writing at its finest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam deBuys\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and conservationist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Walk\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRiver of Traps\u003c\/i\u003e, coauthored with Alex Harris, which was a finalist for the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction and a 1990 New York Times Notable Book of the Year. DeBuys's other books are \u003ci\u003eSalt Dreams: Land and Water in Low-Down California\u003c\/i\u003e, which received a Western States Book Award, \u003ci\u003eSeeing Things Whole: The Essential John Wesley Powell\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Great Aridness\u003c\/i\u003e. His shorter work has appeared in many publications, including \u003ci\u003eStory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrion\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43423497224259,"sku":"9781595340597","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/4399\/2899\/files\/WJo1z9QiPa9781595340597.webp?v=1781708554","url":"https:\/\/store7994.com\/products\/the-walk-paperback-2","provider":"STORE 7994","version":"1.0","type":"link"}