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Description edit
In 1978, William Least Heat-Moon made a 14,000-mile journey on the back roads of America, visiting 38 states along the way. In 1982, the popular Blue Highways , which chronicled his adventures, was published. Three decades later, Edgar Ailor III and his son, Edgar IV, retraced and... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
First Sentence edit
My wife, Susie, purchased our hardback copy of "Blue Highways" the first week it hit the bookstores.
Table of Contents edit
Foreword by William Least Heat-Moon
Preface --- Retracing the Journey
Acknowledgments
Throughout My Life
For This Project
The Seed Was Planted Early
Conversation with Heat-Moon
Striking Out
Heat-Moon's Ancestry
One --- Eastward
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Two --- East by Southeast
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Three --- South by Southeast
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Four --- South by Southwest
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Five --- West by Southwest
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
California
Six --- North by Northwest
Oregon
Washington
Conversation with Heat-Moon
Trip Expenses
Idaho
Seven --- North by Northwest
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Eight --- North by Northeast
Ontario
New York
Vermont
New Hampshire
Nine --- East by Northeast
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Ten --- Westward
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Conversation with Heat-Moon
Unofficial Editor
On Deciding to Write a Book
On Getting Published
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Edgar I. Ailor, lll (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Edgar I. Ailor, lll (Photographer)
- Edgar I. Ailor, lV (Photographer)
- William Least Heat-Moon (Foreword)
Subjects edit
- Books › Travel › United States › Regions
- Books › Arts & Photography › Photography › Travel
- Books › Arts & Photography › Photography › How-to
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