num_pages: 320
description: MOUNTAINS OF THE MIND traces the historical antecedents that shaped our popular conception of the Great Outdoors--in particular, our desire to climb mountains. Journalist MacFarlane blends adventure story with poetry, art movements with history, to paint a vivid and richly detailed story about why we love to scale those d
language: English
title: Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
titlecomplete: Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
genres: Outdoors, Climbing, Nature, Mountaineering, Adventure, Philosophy, Memoir, Nonfiction, Travel, History
ratings_count: 4245
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Guardian First Book Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Somerset Maugham Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Boardman Tasker Prize
category: Mountain Literature, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award
publisher: Granta Books