A strikingly original debut from a tremendous new talent Robert Moor explores how trails help us understand the world from invisible ant trails to hiking paths that span continents & oceans from migration routes to the Internet For seven years Moor travelled the globe exploring trails of all kinds He learned the tricks of master trail-builders hunted down long-lost Cherokee trails & traced the origins of our road networks Moor interweaves his adventures with findings from science history philosophy & nature writing in every chapter This deep search for meaning introduces the reader to experts who work with trails of all kinds outrageous anecdotes from his own experiences & spectacular descriptions of landscapes & animal behaviour On Trails gives an eye-opening tour leaving us with a much richer prismatic take on what we constantly take for granted how we get where we're going