Conversations with Writers: William Least Heat-Moon
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2009-10-05 04:00 PM
2009-10-05 06:00 PM
October 05, 2009 from 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm |
| Where | 126 Voorhies |
| Contact Name | Shellie Banga |
| Contact Email | scbanga@ucdavis.edu |
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About William Least Heat-Moon
William
Least Heat-Moon is a best-selling American author of numerous travel
and photography books. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri and holds
a doctorate in English and a bachelor’s degree in photojournalism from
the University of Missouri. His books include Blue Highways: A Journey Into America, PrairyErth (a deep map), River-Horse: Across America by Boat, and Roads to Quoz: An American Mosey. Heat-Moon lives in Columbia near the Missouri River.
Relevant publications:
---. Blue Highways: A Journey into America. New York:
Ballantine Books, 1982.
---. PrairyErth: (a deep map). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991.
---. River-Horse: Across America by Boat. New York: Penguin Putnam
Inc., 1999.
---. Roads to Quoz: An American Mosey. New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2008.
---. Various articles published in The Best American Travel Writing, Esquire, The Wall Street Journal, and National Geographic.
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