![]() It amounts to McKibben’s praise of this classic, and some cursory observations about how the world has changed since 1978 when Heat-Moon took to the road. I have so much to say about this book that I’m breaking this review into two posts, starting with general comments and moving into selections and closer looks.Ī brief foreword by Bill McKibben was most remarkable to me because of McKibben’s significance to me and (more so) to my father, who points out that this book was “published and lingering on the NYT bestseller list in the year of your birth and the author was the age you will be when you hit the road again a year from now.” He didn’t catch the foreword, though. It will be hard to separate my experience of this book from my similar life experience. Matt sent it to me near the start of my own van travels cross-country Blue Highways is Heat-Moon’s travelogue of the same sort of journey. ![]() ![]() And he is a very fine teacher – check out this awesome talk on Big Hair Drum Fills, one of the highlights of last winter’s residency at my school.įirst, the personal significance of this book cannot be overstated. Matt is the author of Appalachia North, which I am also carrying around in the van and not getting around to as early as I’d like (I swear I’m just saving it for a special occasion). ![]() I am eternally grateful to Matt Ferrence for sending me this book at the right time (and then I goofed and waited three months to read it, but that’s on me). ![]()
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