Writing BLUE HIGHWAYS: The Story of How a Book Happened

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WRITING BLUE HIGHWAYS Also by William Least Heat-Moon Blue Highways: A Journey into America PrairyErth (a deep map) River-Horse: The Logbook of a Boat across America Columbus in the Americas Roads to Quoz: An American Mosey Here, There, Elsewhere: Stories from the Road An Osage Journey to Europe, 1827–1830 WRITING BLUE HIGHWAYS The Story of How a Book Happened William Least Heat-Moon University of Missouri Press / Columbia Copyright © 2014 by William Least Heat-Moon University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri 65201 Printed and bound in the United States of America All rights reserved 5 4 3 2 1 18 17 16 15 14 Cataloging-in-Publication data available from the Library of Congress ISBN 978-0-8262-2026-4 This paper meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48, 1984. Jacket design: Susan Ferber Interior design and composition: Jennifer Cropp Typefaces: Minion, ITC Benguiat and American Typewriter FOR JACK LaZEBNIK 1923–2004 ON WRITING ABOUT ONE’S WRITING It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved. —W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up (1938) ...