{"product_id":"the-fellow-that-goes-alone","title":"The Fellow That Goes Alone : An Essay on Walking","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"productitem-mark-container\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1787609713983_121\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clear\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1787609713983_120\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productitem-excerpt\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1787609713983_119\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Peculiar Parish Edition by Kenneth Grahame\u003cbr\u003e* Expanded Edition *\u003cbr\u003e24 pages, with one full-color and three black-and-white illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The best sort of walk is the one on which it doesn’t matter twopence whether you get anywhere at all.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFive years after the publication of \u003cem\u003eThe Wind in the Willows\u003c\/em\u003e, author Kenneth Grahame penned a succinct essay for his old school magazine at Saint Edward’s in Oxford. In it, he celebrates the profound and simple joy to be found in walking, and why a companion isn’t necessarily a benefit on the journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEarthy and transcendent, as is all of Grahame’s best work, \u003cem\u003eThe Fellow That Goes Alone\u003c\/em\u003e conjures creative escape and a feeling of wholeness for anyone able and willing to wander out-of-doors, no matter the responsibilities awaiting them at the end of the road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis essay was originally published in 1913, and has never before been issued as a standalone publication. Our new edition draws design inspiration and ornament from the same year’s issues of Fra Elbertus’ American monthly \u003cem\u003eThe Philistine\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur first edition of\u003cem\u003e The Fellow That Goes Alone\u003c\/em\u003e proved so popular that we’ve brought it back in an expanded illustrated edition, doubling the original page count and adding a foreword and annotation by editor Andrew Chapman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKenneth Grahame \u003c\/strong\u003e(1859–1932) was a British author most famous for his children’s classic \u003cem\u003eThe Wind in the Willows\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as \u003cem\u003eThe Reluctant Dragon\u003c\/em\u003e. Beloved to this day for his perceptive understanding of childhood wonder and doubt through the animal characters in his stories, Grahame was also a contributor to the \u003cem\u003eSt. James Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Yellow Book\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Chapman \u003c\/strong\u003eis a British writer, editor, and book designer. In 2025 he became editor of the long-running journal of people and place, \u003cem\u003eNorthern Earth\u003c\/em\u003e. A daily walker, sometimes he prefers to go alone, and sometimes in fine company.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Microcosm Publishing \u0026 Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45863277035727,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/0731\/2847\/files\/The-Fellow-That-Goes-Alone---Cover-for-Web.webp?v=1787609795","url":"https:\/\/dejavuesoterica.com\/products\/the-fellow-that-goes-alone","provider":"Deja Vu Esoterica","version":"1.0","type":"link"}