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A Rope of Writers
A look at mountaineering literature in Britain
- Hardback
- ISBN: 9781902173221192 pages
- Author
- Graham Wilson
- Publication date
- 1 Jan 2006
Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 2006
From O G Jones and W P Haskett Smith to the modern guidebook, from early club articles to The Black Cliff, writing about the British hills has a long, varied and (mostly) honourable tradition. In A Rope of Writers Graham Wilson, mountain enthusiast, literature teacher and several-times author in the field himself, takes a shrewd, appreciative look at the genre. With characteristic idiosyncrasy, he leads the reader on a tour as diverse as the walks and climbs themselves, taking in essayists, fiction-writers, humorists, philosophers and even a hill fanzine, tracing the strands running through a century of mountaineering literature, and acknowledging the debt to those who went before.
Graham Wilson's climbing career began on the crags of the North East in the 1950s but it was not until he retired as Head of English at the King's School in Macclesfield that he started to write about his long acquaintance with the British hills. Since then, he has had seven 'outdoor' books published, as well as a collection of short stories, a study of Shakespeare and an appraisal of English rugby. His book A Rope of Writers was short-listed for the Boardman Tasker Prize.
He is an ardent Sunderland supporter and was also for many years an English Schools rugby selector. He has live in Macclesfield with his wife Trisha for over 40 years.
- Title: A Rope of Writers
- Subtitle: A look at mountaineering literature in Britain
- Author: Graham Wilson
- Imprint: Millrace Outdoor
- ISBN: 9978-1-902173-22-1
- Rights: World
- Publication date: 1 January 2006
- Edition: First
- Format: Hardback
- Size: 170mm x 120mm
- Extent: 192 pages
- Weight: 320g
- Retail price: £10