What is William Least Heat-Moon?
{{Infobox writer | image = William Least Heat-Moon 04B.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Least Heat-Moon at the Seattle Public Library (2008) | pseudonym = | birth_name = William Lewis Trogdon | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|8|27}} | birth_place = [[Kansas City, Missouri]] | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = [[Travel writer]], [[historian]] | language = English | nationality = | citizenship = | education = Bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees in English<br />Bachelor's degree in photojournalism | alma_mater = [[University of Missouri]] | period = | genre = [[Deep map]] [[travel literature]] | subject = | movement = | notableworks = ''[[Blue Highways]]'' | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }} '''William Least Heat-Moon''' (born '''William Lewis Trogdon''' on August 27, 1939) is an [[Americans|American]] [[travel literature|travel writer]] and [[historian]]. He is the author of several books which talk about unusual journeys through the United States, including cross-country trips by boat (''River Horse'', 1999) and, in his best known work (1982's ''[[Blue Highways]]''), about his journey in a 1975 Ford Econoline van.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ghost Dancing: The Blue Highways Van|url=https://anthromuseum.missouri.edu/minigalleries/bluehiways/intro.shtml|website=Museum of Anthropology|access-date=2020-07-16|archive-date=2016-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623235805/https://anthromuseum.missouri.edu/minigalleries/bluehiways/intro.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Heat-Moon, William Least}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American historians]] [[Category:American photojournalists]] [[Category:Writers fro