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“I did learn what I didn't know I wanted to know.”

Quote by William Least Heat-Moon

Book:BLUE HIGHWAYS Revisited

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BLUE HIGHWAYS Revisited

This book is a revised edition of the original travelogue that takes readers on an intimate exploration of the lesser-traveled roads of the United States. The author shares personal anecdotes and observations, capturing the essence of American life and the beauty of its natural and cultural landscapes. more

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William Least Heat-Moon

William Least Heat-Moon is an American writer known for his distinctive travel literature and geographical writing. His works often blend personal experience, history, and local characteristics, making them popular among readers. more

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Book:Writing BLUE HIGHWAYS: The Story of How a Book Happened

Source: Writing BLUE HIGHWAYS: The Story of How a Book Happened

“I like the digressive kind of traveling, where there's not a particular, set, goal.”

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Author:William Least Heat-Moon

“The thing that overwhelms me when I go out now is the sprawlation of America.”

Author:William Least Heat-Moon

“The Lewis and Clark tale has all the all the elements that one would want to put into a movie. It has the, continual threat for life; it's got the thread of Indians; it's got disease. It has daily risk where these men may go under the water. It's got the fight with the elements. It's got the el the role of the unknown continually threatening them.”

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“I've read that a naked eye can see six thousand stars in the hundred billion galaxies, but I couldn't believe it, what with the sky white with starlight. I saw a million stars with one eye and two million with both.”

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Book:Blue Highways: A Journey Into America

Source: Blue Highways: A Journey Into America

“Franchises and chains have come to dominate small communities, but those same chains have eliminated a lot of the greasy spoons, places you didn't want to eat in the first place.”

Want Firsts Community Chains Spoons Small Communities

Author:William Least Heat-Moon

“Having made the trip from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean myself going up up up against twenty-five hundred miles of the Missouri River, I can testify that it's one of the most arduous trips that anyone can make on this continent and yet I had a power boat to do it in.”

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Author:William Least Heat-Moon

“I contend that in the kind of nonfiction I write, and that other people also pursue, anything is permissible provided the reader knows what you're taking liberties with.”

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“I have not been on any river that has more of a distinctive personality than does the Missouri River. It's a river that immediately presents to the traveler, 'I am a grandfather spirit. I have a source; I have a life.”

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Author:William Least Heat-Moon

“It's difficult to write a book where a character is on virtually every page of the book but you cannot refer to his or her gender. It gets rid of every his, her, she and he.”

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Author:William Least Heat-Moon