Blue Highways: A Journey Into America

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.Binding Type: PaperbackPublisher: Back Bay BooksPublished: 10/19/1999ISBN: 9780316353298Pages: 448Weight: 0.89lbsSize: 8.24h x 5.52w x 1.19dAccelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 76240 / Blue Highways- A Journey Into AmericaReading Level: 6.4 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 27