![]() Least Heat-Moon had driven every blue highway in America" (The New York Times). Maybe twice a year I read a book I wish were even longer. Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nations backroads. "Reading Blue Highways made me go back and look at Jack Kerouac's On the Road to see if Mr. William Least Heat-Moon set out with little more than the need to put home behind him and a sense of curiosity about "those little towns that get on the map-if they get on at all-only because some cartographer has a blank space to fill: Remote, Oregon Simplicity, Virginia New Freedom, Pennsylvania New Hope, Tennessee Why, Arizona Why not, Mississippi." His adventures, his discoveries, and his recollections of the extraordinary people he encountered along the way amount to a revelation of the true American experience. Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation's backroads. Signed by the author on the title page as follows, “The journey from teaching to learning Heat Moon.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Read Blue Highways Full Collection William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon Download, Read Best Book Online Blue Highways. ![]()
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