Journeys of Simplicity
Traveling Light with Thomas Merton Basho Edward Abbey Annie Dillard & Others
Published on 20. March 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-893361-76-8 (ISBN)
Description
Where 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
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
Reviews / Votes
"'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
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Woodstock
United States
Publishing group
Jewish Lights Publishing
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
254 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-893361-76-8 (9781893361768)
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Philip Harnden
Journeys of Simplicity
Traveling Light with Thomas Merton, Basho, Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard & Others
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Traveling Light with Thomas Merton, Basho, Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard & Others
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Person
Philip Harnden was the publisher of The Other Side, a magazine of spirituality and social action, for a dozen years. A Quaker, he has written on subjects as diverse as the land rights of Native Americans and the spiritual life of Fritz Eichenberg. A former correspondent for Religion News Service, Harnden has also been a commentator on North Country Public Radio. He lives in northern New York State, not far from the Canadian border.
Content
On 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
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