River Horse: a Voyage across America by William Least Heat Moon

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River Horse: a Voyage across America by William Least Heat Moon

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River Horse: a Voyage across America by William Least Heat Moon

The author of Blue Highways and PrairyErth takes us on a lifetime voyage full of imagery, insight and appreciation. --Cleveland Plain Dealer

In his most ambitious journey ever, William Least Heat-Moon sets off aboard a small boat named Nikawa (river horse in Osage) from the Atlantic at New York Harbor in hopes of entering the Pacific near Astoria, Oregon. He and his companion, Pilotis, struggle to cover some 5,000 watery miles, often following in the wakes of our most famous explorers, from Henry Hudson to Lewis and Clark.

En route, the voyagers confront massive floods, dangerous weather, and their own doubts about whether they can complete the trip. But the hard days yield incomparable pleasures: generous strangers, landscapes untouched since Sacajawea saw them, riverscapes flowing with a lively past, and the growing belief that efforts to protect our lands and waters are beginning to pay off.

Teeming with humanity, humor, and high adventure, River-Horse is an unsentimental and original arteriogram of our nation at the millennium.

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WILLIAM LEAST HEAT-MOON is the New York Times bestselling author of Blue Highways, PrairyErth, and River-Horse. Born of English-Irish-Osage ancestry, he holds a doctorate in English and a bachelor's degree in photojournalism. Heat-Moon lives in Columbia, Missouri.
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ISBN 13 9780395636268
ISBN 10 0395636264
Title River Horse: a Voyage across America
Author William Least Heat Moon
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Houghton Mifflin
Year published 1999-10-15
Number of pages 384
Prizes Winner of Society of Midland Authors Award (Adult Nonfiction) 2000
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.