Blue Highways

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.