But what I've found in this book is a pleasant, overlooked gift.the gift of happy memories of living, breathing stories, anecdotes that I could never have gathered on my own." All he does is recount his journey and the interesting characters he meets along the way. "This man has an uncanny knack for subtly bringing life's treasures to the forefront.
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.
Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation's backroads.
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