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I have not finished reading this book yet. I am enjoying it because he tells the story of his meeting with different people along the way. He gives history of places. Some of the places he has described I've been to as well. With the interstates now across our country, very few people take the time to travel the blue highways and see what life was before long concrete highways came into being. I like hearing about the...
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William Least Heat-Moon's Blue Highways is referred to by many as a "cult classic". If so, it's a shame this book is not better known. It is 1978 and William Least Heat-Moon is 38 years old. Upon the near-simultaneous loss of his college teaching job and his marriage, he needs to get out of town, to leave places of sadness, futility and routine, to clear his mind and renew his soul. William leaves Missouri driving a '75...
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This past spring I took a circular, nationwide roadtrip of my own very similar to the one William Least Heat-Moon takes in this great book. Though my trip was a little shorter in length and a lot shorter in duration, I can definitely identify with Heat-Moon's efforts at self-discovery on the back roads of America. The most interesting aspect of this book is Heat-Moon's use of his Indian heritage and frame of mind while interpreting...
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William Least Heat Moon may be one of the greatest writers of our time. First encountered his work in the New Yorker, which excerpted chapters from Blue Highways. I then (of course) had to read the book, which is an account of his journey in an old van, outfitted for sleeping/living, to see the real United States using only the small roads (which are marked on the map in blue -- hence the title). The events that caused...
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Thinking about hitting the open road this summer and exploring the vastness that is America? Here are some U.S. travel guides, American road trip memoirs, and more to get you inspired and help you plan an epic adventure.