Writing Blue Highways: The Story of How a Book Happened

by William Least Heat-Moon

Book Overview

Winner, Distinguished Literary Achievement, Missouri Humanities Council, 2015

The story behind the writing of the best-selling Blue Highways is as fascinating as the epic trip itself. More than thirty years after his 14,000-mile, 38-state journey, William Least Heat-Moon reflects on the four years he spent capturing the lessons of the road trip on paper--the stops and starts in his composition process, the numerous drafts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826220266
• ISBN13: 9780826220264
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 17 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 12 to 5