Items related to Blue Highways: A Journey into America

Blue Highways: A Journey into America - Softcover

 
9780316353298: Blue Highways: A Journey into America
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
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.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:
First published in 1982, William Least Heat-Moon's account of his journey along the back roads of the United States (marked with the color blue on old highway maps) has become something of a classic. When he loses his job and his wife on the same cold February day, he is struck by inspiration: "A man who couldn't make things go right could at least go. He could quit trying to get out of the way of life. Chuck routine. Live the real jeopardy of circumstance. It was a question of dignity."

Driving cross-country in a van named Ghost Dancing, Heat-Moon (the name the Sioux give to the moon of midsummer nights) meets up with all manner of folk, from a man in Grayville, Illinois, "whose cap told me what fertilizer he used" to Scott Chisholm, "a Canadian citizen ... [who] had lived in this country longer than in Canada and liked the United States but wouldn't admit it for fear of having to pay off bets he made years earlier when he first 'came over' that the U.S. is a place no Canadian could ever love." Accompanied by his photographs, Heat-Moon's literary portraits of ordinary Americans should not be merely read, but savored.

About the Author:
William Least Heat-Moon is the author of the bestselling classics Roads to Quoz, Blue Highways, River Horse, and PrairyEarth. He lives in Columbia, Missouri.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherBack Bay Books
  • Publication date1999
  • ISBN 10 0316353299
  • ISBN 13 9780316353298
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages448
  • Rating

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780316353953: Blue Highways: A Journey Into America

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780316353953
Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 1982
Hardcover

  • 9780395585689: Blue Highways: A Journey Into America

    Hought..., 1991
    Softcover

  • 9780316353915: Blue Highways: A Journey into America

    Little..., 1999
    Hardcover

  • 9780449211090: Blue Highways

    Fawcett, 1986
    Softcover

  • 9780449204320: Blue Highways: A Journey Into America

    Fawcet..., 1983
    Softcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Heat-Moon, William Least
Published by Back Bay Books (1999)
ISBN 10: 0316353299 ISBN 13: 9780316353298
New Paperback Quantity: 7
Seller:
BookOutlet
(Thorold, ON, Canada)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Paperback. Publisher overstock, may contain remainder mark on edge. Seller Inventory # 9780316353298B

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 5.93
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.25
From Canada to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Moon, William Least Heat
Published by Back Bay Books (1999)
ISBN 10: 0316353299 ISBN 13: 9780316353298
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Books Unplugged
(Amherst, NY, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition. Seller Inventory # bk0316353299xvz189zvxnew

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 15.19
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Moon, William Least Heat
Published by Back Bay Books (1999)
ISBN 10: 0316353299 ISBN 13: 9780316353298
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Book Deals
(Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Seller Inventory # 353-0316353299-new

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 15.19
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Moon, William Least Heat
Published by Back Bay Books (1999)
ISBN 10: 0316353299 ISBN 13: 9780316353298
New Soft Cover Quantity: 10
Seller:
booksXpress
(Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.)

Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780316353298

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 15.20
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Heat-Moon, William Least
Published by Hachette Book Group (1999)
ISBN 10: 0316353299 ISBN 13: 9780316353298
New Softcover Quantity: > 20
Seller:
INDOO
(Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 0316353299

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 12.01
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.99
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Moon, William Least Heat
Published by Back Bay Books (1999)
ISBN 10: 0316353299 ISBN 13: 9780316353298
New Softcover Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Lakeside Books
(Benton Harbor, MI, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books!. Seller Inventory # OTF-S-9780316353298

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 13.07
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.99
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Least Heat-Moon, William
Published by Back Bay Books (1999)
ISBN 10: 0316353299 ISBN 13: 9780316353298
New Softcover Quantity: 5
Seller:
GreatBookPrices
(Columbia, MD, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 472889-n

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 15.00
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 2.64
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Moon, William Least Heat
Published by Back Bay Books (1999)
ISBN 10: 0316353299 ISBN 13: 9780316353298
New Softcover Quantity: 12
Seller:
Lucky's Textbooks
(Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Feb2215580118017

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 16.18
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.99
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Moon, William Least Heat
Published by Back Bay Books (1999)
ISBN 10: 0316353299 ISBN 13: 9780316353298
New Paperback Quantity: 16
Seller:
Save With Sam
(North Miami, FL, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # 0316353299

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 20.64
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

William Least Heat-Moon
ISBN 10: 0316353299 ISBN 13: 9780316353298
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Grand Eagle Retail
(Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 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. Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company 1983. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780316353298

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 20.93
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds

There are more copies of this book

View all search results for this book