William Least Heat Moon has, along with John Steinbeck, Jack London, and other authors of the road, inspired me the most to consider living on the highway. His first book describes an unplanned and almost unmade journey in a beat up old van around the continental US. Moon's first wife was breaking up with him and he needed some way to get fresh air and a fresh perspective on life. From his book I saw the amazing wonders awaiting anyone willing to journey to small towns as destinations instead of big cities; to walk through wondrous forests, mountains and deserts instead of fiberglass amusement parks. The 'call of the wilder' beckoned.
His second book, illustrated above, was about several small journeys taken this side of the millennium by he and his current wife whom he calls Q. Journeys of detail and substance well written by this now best selling author. Journey's in search of QUOZ, the undefinable somethings that each and every community or barren space on our planet seems to store up waiting for the Quoz hunter to find. Surprises of history, science and faith just waiting to make you suck in your breath and say, "OH!!"
Enjoy!
-Ken
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