Tracing a headland: An introduction
The Mind at three miles an hour
The Theorists of bipedalism
The Uphill road to grace, some pilgrimages
Labyrinths and Cadillacs : Walking into the realm of the symbolic
From the garden to the wild
The Path out of the garden
The Legs of William Wordsworth
A Thousand miles of conventional sentiment : The literature of walking
Mount Obscurity and Mount Arrival
Of walking clubs and land wars
The Solitary stroller and the city
Paris, or botanizing on the asphalt
Citizens of the streets : Parties, processions, and revolutions
Walking after midnight: Women, sex, and public space
Aerobic sisyphus and the suburbanized psyche
Las Vegas, or the longest distance between two points
I. The Pace of Thoughts 1 --
1. Tracing a Headland: An Introduction 3 --
2. The Mind at Three Miles an Hour 14 --
3. Rising and Falling: The Theorists of Bipedalism 30 --
4. The Uphill Road to Grace: Some Pilgrimages 45 --
5. Labyrinths and Cadillacs: Walking into the Realm of the Symbolic 64 --
II. From the Garden to the Wild 79 --
6. The Path Out of the Garden 81 --
7. The Legs of William Wordsworth 104 --
8. A Thousand Miles of Conventional Sentiment: The Literature of Walking 118 --
9. Mount Obscurity and Mount Arrival 133 --
10. Of Walking Clubs and Land Wars 148 --
III. Lives of the Streets 169 --
11. The Solitary Stroller and the City 171 --
12. Paris, or Botanizing on the Asphalt 196 --
13. Citizens of the Streets: Parties, Processions, and Revolutions 214 --
14. Walking After Midnight: Women, Sex, and Public Space 232 --
IV. Past the End of the Road 247 --
15. Aerobic Sisyphus and the Suburbanized Psyche 249 --
16. The Shape of a Walk 267 --
17. Las Vegas, or the Longest Distance Between Two Points 277.