{"product_id":"9781908213037","title":"The Shining Levels","description":"\u003cp\u003e'I have been a countryman all my life. I have had a straw in my mouth, a stick in my hand, and a dog at my heels almost from the day I could walk. As a child this made me a peculiar misfit because I was born and brought up in a Lancashire industrial town within sight of a coal tip.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Wyatt first encountered the Lake District during a boyhood camping trip to Windermere. He was overwhelmed by the freedom of the landscape and the closeness to nature he felt. It was as if he belonged here, amongst the fells, the crags and the endless horizon. This call to the wild stayed with him, becoming so powerful that one day he did what many only dream of: he left a steady job and his town life to become a forestry worker in a Lakeland wood at Cartmel Fell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is one of the finest books ever written on the Lake District. Like Thoreau, John Wyatt embraced the simplicity of living alone in a woodland hut, immersing himself in a life made rich by birdsong, foraging for food and the taste of spring water, the smell of woodsmoke, the touch of moist earth, and the extraordinary companionship of Buck, a young roe deer discovered in the woods. Our new edition includes Norman Ackroyd's Lakeland etchings made during his frequent trips to Cartmel Fell.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Global Book Sales","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061076476144,"sku":"9781908213037","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781908213037_p0.jpg?v=1763622291","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781908213037","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}