Blue Highways
A Journey into AmericaFull Description
Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation's backroads. 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; Whynot, 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. ... more
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Critical Praise
"Wondrous...brilliant...a stunningly good book....Reading it made me go back and look at Jack Kerouac's On the Road to see if Mr. Heat-Moon does as well. He does far better."
-New York Times
"Plenty of plain good old entertainment. Heat-Moon has a penchant for humor; a zanier cast of characters has rarely been paraded before modern-day readers."
-Christian Science Monitor
"Outstanding Americana...a splendid book."
-Edmund Fuller, Wall Street Journal
"A masterpiece...a magnificent and unique tour."
-Robert Penn Warren
"Heat-Moon is a witty, generous, sophisticated, and democratic observer. His modesty, kindly humor, and his uncanny gift of catching good people at good moments make Blue Highways a joy to read."
-Annie Dillard
"American travel writing is a constantly rewarding genre in the right hands. William Least Heat-Moon has great hands." -J.D. Reed, Time
- Category:
- TRAVEL
- Format:
- TRADE PAPERBACK
- Publish Date:
- 10/19/1999
- Price:
- $15.99/$17.99
- ISBN:
- 9780316353298
- Pages:
- 448
- Size:
- 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"
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