Wainwright: The Biography

by HunterDavies (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1995

  $4.44

  This is a biography of the man who became known as the Master Fellwalker . It charts his story from humble beginnings in Blackburn, to being Borough Treasurer in Kendal, looks at the compiling of the unique pictorial guides to the Lakeland Fells, his exposure in the mid-80s with the television series, and his death in 1991. It also includes sections of Wainwright's own writings and letters.

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $3.44

• New

  Paperback
  2002

  $14.94

  The classic biography of Alfred Wainwright.

  Alfred Wainwright's unique hand-drawn and hand-written PICTORIAL GUIDES TO THE LAKELAND FELLS have been an inspiration to walkers for over forty years. Yet despite many bestselling books and three television series, Wainwright remained an intensely private person.

  With full access to Alfred Wainwright's private letters and unpublished material, Hunter Davies reveals a man more passionate, witty and generous than readers of his guides have come to expect. His biography throws a new and surprising light on a man who has been an enigmatic and misunderstood person.