Roads to Quoz : an American mosey

About a quarter of a century ago, a previously unknown writer named William Least Heat-Moon wrote a book called Blue Highways.

Acclaimed as a classic, it was a travel book like no other.

Quirky, discursive, endlessly curious, Heat-Moon had embarked on an American journey off the beaten path.

Sticking to the small places via the small roads - those colored blue on maps - he uncovered a nation deep in character, story, and charm.

Now, for the first time since Blue Highways, Heat-Moon is back on the backroads.

ROADS TO QUOZ is his lyrical, funny, and touching account of a series of American journeys into small-town America.