{"product_id":"2026200015517-secondhand-in-the-footsteps-of-johnson-and-boswell-a-modern-day-journey-through-scotland","title":"In The Footsteps Of Johnson And Boswell: A Modern Day Journey Through Scotland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when a sharp-eyed modern journalist retraces one of the most celebrated journeys in English literary history? Israel Shenker's In the Footsteps of Johnson and Boswell: A Modern Day Journey Through Scotland chronicles his ambitious trek across the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles, following the very route taken by the legendary Dr. Samuel Johnson and his faithful biographer James Boswell in 1773 — a journey immortalised in two of literature's most treasured travel accounts. Shenker juxtaposes the wit and curmudgeonly grandeur of Johnson's original observations with the vivid, transformed Scotland he encounters himself, painting a portrait of a nation caught between its ancient heritage and the relentless tide of modernity.\n\nRich with literary allusion, dry humour, and acute cultural observation, this account sits at the intersection of travel writing, biography, and social history. Shenker, a celebrated wordsmith and longtime writer for The New York Times, brings his journalist's instinct for the telling detail to bear on landscapes, characters, and communities that Johnson and Boswell once described with such memorably opinionated flair. For readers who treasure the grand tradition of British travel literature — and for anyone curious about how much, or how little, Scotland has changed in two centuries — this is an irresistible invitation to walk in some very distinguished footsteps.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203209273563,"sku":"2026200015517-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c398f46c-533f-4b9d-bd7e-1aeda6e386af.png?v=1788145787","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015517-secondhand-in-the-footsteps-of-johnson-and-boswell-a-modern-day-journey-through-scotland","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}