William Least Heat-Moon
William Least Heat-Moon | |
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Born | William Lewis Trogdon August 27, 1939 Kansas City, Missouri |
Occupation | Travel writer, historian |
Language | English |
Education | Bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees in English Bachelor's degree in photojournalism |
Alma mater | University of Missouri |
Genre | Deep map travel literature |
Notable works | Blue Highways |
William Least Heat-Moon (born William Lewis Trogdon on August 27, 1939) is an American travel writer and historian.
He is the author of many books which talk about unusual journeys through the United States, including cross-country trips by boat (River Horse, 1999) and, in his best known work (1982's Blue Highways), about his journey in a 1975 Ford Econoline van.[1]
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- ↑ "Ghost Dancing: The Blue Highways Van". Museum of Anthropology. Archived from the original on 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2020-07-16.