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Last Exit to Elsewhere–II of II

January 15, 2015 by William Eaton

Part I  (8 January 2015) — “Podunk and Toonerville” — introduces Blue Highways In Blue Highways, author William Least Heat-Moon takes the “last exit to elsewhere” — Nameless, Tennessee or Remote, Oregon or Why, Arizona or Why Not, Mississippi, anyplace and no place. Heat-Moon’s narrative is travel writing at its best: self-discovery; observations painting a portrait of the destination – its place, its culture, its personality; captivating, solemn, enthralling and charming storytelling; wonderment, tolerance and acceptance arising spontaneously along the way; […]

Categories: Tucker Cox, ZiR • Tags: blue highways, travel, william least heat moon

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Podunk and Toonerville – I of II

January 8, 2015 by William Eaton

Part II (15 Jan ’15) – “Last Exit to Elsewhere” – illustrates Mr. Heat-Moon’s superb writing   I was going to stay on the bent and narrow rural American two-lane, the roads to Podunk and Toonerville. Into the sticks, the boondocks, the burgs, backwaters… Into those places where you say, “My god! What if you lived here!” The Middle of Nowhere. Blue Highways, William Least Heat Moon’s classic 13,000 mile drive in 1978 through the nation’s back roads — its blue […]

Categories: Tucker Cox, ZiR • Tags: blue highways, road trips, travel, william least heat moon

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