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William Least Heat-Moon

By Mark Flanagan, About.com

About William Least Heat-Moon:

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. He is the author of Blue Highways; Prairyerth, an epic evocation of the American tallgrass prairie country; and the forthcoming River-Horse, an account of his travels along America's interior waterways.

Dates:


(1939-)

Nationality:


American

Genre(s):


Travel Essays

Notable Work:


Blue Highways, 1999

Website:


William Least Heat-Moon's site

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