William Least Heat-Moon
Paperback | Pages: 502 pages Rating: 3.9 | 1765 Users | 188 Reviews
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| Original Title: | River-Horse: Across America by Boat |
| ISBN: | 0140298606 (ISBN13: 9780140298604) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Travel Trilogy #3 |
| Literary Awards: | Society of Midland Authors Award for Adult Nonfiction (2000) |
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On the Road AgainThere's no shortage of 20th-century literature about traveling across America in a car. Even William Least Heat-Moon, author of River Horse, wrote a nonfiction work about his search in a beat-up Ford for himself and America (Blue Highways).
But not since the 19th-century adventures of Mark Twain, as told in Life on the Mississippi, have readers had the chance to vicariously take a journey across America by water rather than by road. River Horse, a voyage across America's waterways, is a return to a bygone literary tradition. Following in the footsteps of America's greatest explorers, from Henry Hudson to Lewis and Clark, Heat-Moon traveled around the waterways of America in a 22-foot cruiser boat called Nikawa (Osage for "river horse").
Heat-Moon covers 5,000-plus miles in four months, departing from Astoria, New York, and completing his journey in Astoria, Oregon. River Horse completes Heat-Moon's trilogy of explorations of America and the American people, which he began with Blue Highways and Prairyerth.
Details Containing Books River-Horse (The Travel Trilogy #3)
| Title | : | River-Horse (The Travel Trilogy #3) |
| Author | : | William Least Heat-Moon |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 502 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2001 by Penguin Books (first published January 1st 1999) |
| Categories | : | Travel. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Environment. Nature. History |
Rating Containing Books River-Horse (The Travel Trilogy #3)
Ratings: 3.9 From 1765 Users | 188 ReviewsAppraise Containing Books River-Horse (The Travel Trilogy #3)
William Least Heat-Moon (pen name for William Trogdon) is a greatly gifted travel writer. River Horse is the last in a trilogy of which the two preceding books are Blue Highways and PrairyErth. They can be read in any order, though.In River Horse, Heat-Moon, with a small crew of friends, travels from the Atlantic Ocean (starting out from New York Harbor) to the Pacific Ocean (the Oregon coast near Portland) almost exclusively by river. Although it is not possible to travel from coast to coast byFor a book about rivers "River Horse" was about as dry as can be
I am not a boater, and have done no river traveling except on a tour, but River-Horse took me along on a fascinating journey across America. Some places along the river I have seen - the stream at Lumhi Pass - and the Gateway to the Rockies. They were seen from the ground, however, not the river. Now I'll have to read PrairiyErth! I really enjoy his writing and humor.
A winning book by one the masters of travel writing, an audacious journey that no one had ever completed, and a primer on how to get along with your traveling companions. After I finished his first book on travel, Blue Highways, I bought a second copy so that I could give one away, as I do, and keep one to reread. Thats high praise from me. And this book will likely take the same course. Read it because you like rivers and the boats that travel them, read it because you like travel in the
when my wanderlust threatens to overcome me, all i have to do is take out my copy of this book and read a few chapters. william least-heat moon is one of my favourite authors, and his acount of travelling across america by boat is extraordinary. the people he encounters, the adventures he goes on, they all satisfy my hobo nature.
I've tried to finish this book multiple times over the last several years and I've finally done it. I've heard nothing but wonderful things about the author and the premise of the book sounds amazing but every time I've picked it up it's been a struggle fest. Least Heat Moon combined several live humans into composite characters and the effect can be a bit jarring at times. I still really want to read Blue Highways but this was not a promising entry into his work.
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