[Rhodes22-list] Knox to Mobile in a 14 foot john boat

[Brad Haslett]

Joe,

Heat-Moon's real name is William Trodgen but he writes under his Osage
Indian name. He was an English professor at Missouri when he didn't
make tenure, his wife left him, and he said "the hell with it" and
packed his belongings in a 65' Ford van and headed cross-country.
That trip resulted in his first book, "Blue Highways" and is still one
of my favorites.  His second book "PraireEarth" was OK but "River
Horse" is better. He took a 23' foot boat from NYC to the Pacific
Ocean with all but about 60 miles on water (had to trailer over the
Continental Divide).  He just published a new one but I haven't found
time to read it yet.

Another favorite sailing author is William F. Buckley (the dead one,
not the Jr.).  I've read two of his three sailing adventures.

Brad

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 7:06 AM, Joe Babb <joe.babb at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hey Brad,
> I've read both "Old Glory" and "Passage to Juneau".  Raban's one of my
> favorite authors.  I hadn't heard of "River Horse" by Heat-Moon.  I'll
> have to check that one out.
> I'm just finishing "Topsails and Battleaxe" by Tom Cunliffe.
> Joe
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