![]() William Least Heat-Moon was interviewed about his life and work. He has written for The Atlantic, Time, Esquire, and National Geographic. William Least Heat-Moon is the author of the best-selling Blue Highways: A Journey into America (which spent 42 weeks on the NYT bestsellers list) PrairyErth (A Deep Map): An Epic History of the Tallgrass Prairie Country River-Horse: Across America by Boat, and Columbus in the Americas. The writing of the book was fraught with frustration, disappointment, rejection, and other emotions faced. That book, Blue Highways, remained on The New York Times bestseller list for forty-two weeks in 198384, and is still in print. He responded to telephone calls, faxes, and electronic mail from viewers. William Least Heat-Moon’s newest book, Writing Blue Highways, tells The Story of How a Book Happened. Occassional photographs, maps, and illustrations were also shown. A video clip was shown of his home in Missouri. He also talked about starting to use the name Heat-Moon and his partly Osage heritage. Among his concerns were the preservation of the environment, heritage, and values of America and planning for the future. ![]() He talked about his journeys through America and the different people he encountered. ![]() T12:00:00-04:00 William Least Heat-Moon was interviewed about his life and work. ![]()
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