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Book SynopsisWhere do our journeys take us? What do we leave behind? What do we carry with us? How do we find our way? You are invited to consider a more graceful way of traveling through life. With arresting clarity, Journeys of Simplicity offers vignettes of forty travelers and the few, ordinary things they carried with them—from place to place, from day to day, from birth to death. Edward Abbey • Nellie Bly • Raymond Carver • Dorothy Day • Marcel Duchamp • Dolores Garcia • Emma "Grandma" Gatewood • Mohandas Gandhi • Peter Matthiessen • William Least Heat Moon • John Muir • Robert Pirsig • Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton • Henry David Thoreau • Father Zossima • and others
Trade Review"'How much should I carry with me?' is the quintessential question for any journey, especially the journey of life. Herein you’ll find sage, sly, wonderfully subversive advice." —Bill McKibben, author, The End of Nature
Table of ContentsOn Traveling Light Thomas Merton John Muir Henry Beston Marcel Duchamp Annie Dillard Matsuo Basho Edward Abbey Father Zossima Dolores Garcia Henry David Thoreau The Other Henry Thoreau Will Baker A Celtic Woman Father Terence Werner Herzog Raymond Carver Sue Ephraim M'Ikiara Japheth M. Ryder Emma "Grandma" Gatewood Ishmael Fermina Daza Peter Matthiessen John Jack Eric Hoffer Bilbo Baggins Bill Wasovwich The Hermit of Tailaoshan Jesus of Nazareth George Washington Sears William Least Heat Moon Arctic Tern Frank O’Malley Kamo no Chomei David and Goliath Dorothy Day Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton Robert Pirsig Peace Pilgrim Nellie Bly Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Sources
