Title:
Blue highways : a journey into America / William Least Heat-Moon ; photographs by the author ; with a new afterword by the author.
ISBN:
9780316353915
9780316353298
9780316353953
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Edition:
First Back Bay edition.
Publication Information:
Boston : Back Bay Books, 1999.
Physical Description:
429 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
General Note:
Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, c1982.
Includes index.
Contents:
Eastward -- East by southeast -- South by southeast -- South by southwest -- West by southwest -- West by northwest -- North by northwest -- North by northeast -- East by northeast -- Westward.
Summary:
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.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.4 27.0 76240.
Reading Counts RC High School 9 33 Quiz: 01375 Guided reading level: NR.
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Audience:
980L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocm43757660
Availability:
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