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Title: Blue Highways:A Journey Into America by William Least Heat-Moon, William Least Heat Moon ISBN: 0-316-35329-9 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 19 October, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.31 (81 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Blue Highways
Comment: 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 him to put his usual life on hold, and take up this oddyssey, will strike a responsive chord for many readers who have ever wanted to stop the world and step back in time.
His experiences, the people he meets, the conversations they enjoy, make for an extraordinary insight into America.
His writing sings in the way that the old story tellers did...weaving a web that captures and captivates you until you finish the book. And then you don't stop until you've read all of his books! (Wish he'd write some more). I recommend this book highly for personal reading and for gifts.
Rating: 5
Summary: This is a great book about people and place.
Comment: Heat Moon lost his wife and his job, and his reaction was to go for a drive around America. His intent was not to search for meaning in time of personal crisis but to see what was out there. Blue Highways is his document of his three month journey. Writing in clear and powerful prose, Heat Moon has managed to present the individual character of the varied regions of the United States, as well as the personalities of the men and women he encountered. Through them, and sometimes through their interactions with their environment, he shows an imbalance between being modern and being human. I've read this book three times, and I am set to read it again. The power of the prose to reveal character brings me back to it time after time. I've always been struck by the author's ability to get so many strangers to tell him their hopes and dreams. This is an engaging and a great book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Blue Highways
Comment: In William Least Heat-Moon's Blue Highways, he tells his personal experience of his travels across the country. He feels his life is turned upside down and he needs to escape it. Taking his van, Ghost Dancing, for the ride, he has the adventure of a lifetime. He comes to points in his journey where life is more exciting than others, and places where the wind never blows. Overall, he meets several people on his way across the country and stays in several towns. He learns the variety of ways god is believed in, the history of flying, and the way that's several of the towns he visits was started. If you like to read about other peoples travels, than I suggest this book to you. It will be hard to find at a local library, but it can be found. The author goes into detail on several different points and is very organized. He tells the story just as it seemed to happen and doesn't confuse the reader one bit. This story is very educational and leaves the reader with the want to travel the country, as did the author of this book.
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Title: River Horse: The Logbook of a Boat Across America by William Least Heat Moon, William Least Heat-Moon ISBN: 0140298606 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: PrairyErth (A Deep Map): An Epic History of the Tallgrass Prairie Country by William Least Heat-Moon ISBN: 039592569X Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 15 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Travels With Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck ISBN: 0140053204 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1980 List Price(USD): $9.00 |
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Title: Roads : Driving America's Great Highways by Larry McMurtry ISBN: 0684868857 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 05 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: On the Back Roads: Discovering Small Towns of America by Bill Graves ISBN: 1886039364 Publisher: Addicus Books Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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