The World's Newest Profession:...
McKenna, Christopher D.
Price: $51.25 or 61,500₩
Heat Moon, William Least, Heat Moon, William Least (Author)
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Format:
Paperback, 448pp.
Date of publication:
Oct 19 1999
Publisher:
Back Bay Books
ISBN-13:
9780316353298
Dimensions:
20.93
cm. (length) X
14.02
cm. (width) X
3.02
cm. (thickness)
Weight:
404
grams
This book includes illustrations
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From the Publisher
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.
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You'll need a dictionary by your side if you want to read this one. Mr. Moon must use every obscure word and knows the name of every single plant, tree, and flower known to man (he is an English professor after all) as he describes his journey across America. Impressive vocabulary, but at times it's just a show of language that makes you wonder what the editor must have felt like when proofreading the manuscript. "Give me some Jolt Cola, it's going to be a long night!"
If you can get past the endlessly detailed descriptions, you may enjoy the basic tale of looking for oneself through travelling the country and you will also learn quite a little about America's history in the process. [Delete review]