Roads to Quoz: Book summary and reviews of Roads to Quoz by William Least Heat-Moon

Roads to Quoz Summary

About a quarter 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.

Roads to Quoz Reviews

"[F]ew readers will be able to resist tagging along." - Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week.

"Residents of states not mentioned will surely wish that Heat-Moon's quozzical travels had taken him there as well - a pleasure for his fans, who are deservingly many." - Kirkus Reviews.

"He has not lost his skills in painting unforgettable portraits of places and people few of us will ever encounter. And, yes, "Quoz" is a word, and its definition sums up the reason for recommending this book to all libraries: 'strange, incongruous, unknown, and mysterious.'" - Library Journal.

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William Least Heat-Moon Author Biography

Under the name William Least Heat-Moon, William Trogdon is the author of two best-selling classics, Blue Highways and PrairyErth, as well as River Horse, Columbus in the Americas, and Road to Quoz. Trogdon's father told him, "I call myself Heat Moon, your elder brother is Little Heat Moon. You, coming last, therefore, are Least," giving him his pen name. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, he attended the University of Missouri, where he later was a professor of English. William Trogdon lives in Columbia, Missouri.

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