Writing Blue Highways - The Story of How a Book Happened

Informationen zum Autor William Trogdon! who writes under the name of William Least Heat-Moon! was born of English-Irish-Osage ancestry in Kansas City! Missouri. He holds a bachelor's degree in photojournalism and a doctorate in English from the University of Missouri. Among his writing credits! he is the author of Blue Highways ! which spent 42 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in 1982-83. William Least Heat-Moon lives and writes outside Columbia! Missouri. Klappentext The story behind the writing of the best-selling Blue Highways is as fascinating as the epic trip itself. More than thirty years after his 14!000-mile! 38-state journey! William Least Heat-Moon reflects on the four years he spent capturing the lessons of the road trip on paper - his composition process! the drafts and revisions! the string of rejections by publishers! the strains on his relationships! and many other aspects of the toil that went into writing his first book.

Product details

• Authors: William Least Heat Moon, William Least Heat-Moon
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2014
• EAN: 9780826220264
• ISBN: 978-0-8262-2026-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works