Meandering in America
William Least Heat Moon perfected a genre of the wandering traveler. He called what he did ambling or moseying. It's never the destination, always the journey. 1. Blue Highways: A Journe y into America, William Least Heat-Moon (1982). Least Heat Moon lost his teaching job in a college and outfitted his Ford van with a cot and a few supplies and began wandering America's back roads--marked as blue highways on maps. He has an eye for getting strangers to talk and telling their stories. The result is a magnificent, intimate tour of America. Along with Paul Theroux, deeply influential my fascination with good travel writing. Bought used at a Church book sale. 2. Roads to Quoz: American Mosey, William Least Heat-Moon (2008). Similar to Blue Highways but broader in scope. Least Heat-Moon covers 16,000 miles to all the regions of the country with poetic insights and a sense of humor. ...