Frontier Country

by Brian Mooney

Essex is a county of contrasts and surprises, far removed from the jokes and clichés surrounding it. Journalist Brian Mooney and artist Jon Harris set out to celebrate its people, history, architecture and geography by walking every inch of its boundaries. Whether tramping up the Maplin Sands, stumbling across an old soldier living wild in the woods, or visiting a chapel on a lonely seawall, their story is brimming with unexpected encounters and colourful surprises. Starting in Waltham Abbey, their walk takes them down the old Essex border into London, along the Thames to the marshes, rivers and creeks of the eastern seaboard and then follows the Suffolk borders to the edges of Cambridge and Hertfordshire.

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Brian Desmond Francis Mooney is an Oxford history graduate who served as a correspondent worldwide for Reuters. He gained a Pulitzer candidacy and an American Press Club award for his coverage of the Solidarity Revolution. He left Reuters in 2000 and subsequently worked in international public relations. He now divides his time between homes in Essex and the City of London, where he is an elected Councilman.

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See also Boston Globe journalist Brian C. Mooney