'Two kinds of adventurers'

 “Thereare two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure andthose who go secretly hoping they won't.” – William LeastHeat-Moon

 

Born WilliamLewis Trogdon in Kansas City, MO on Aug. 27, 1939 Least Heat-Moon is a writerand historian of European and Osage ancestry and the author of a dozen books – many chronicling his unusual journeysaround the United States – including the mega-bestsellers River Horseand Blue Highways.

 

A graduate ofthe University of Missouri's Journalism School, Least Heat-Moon'sworks have been labeled “literary naturalism” with the ecosystem servingas a foundation. 

 

Also a Travel and Travelogue writer, he oftenillustrates the hybrid relationship between humans and the environment and howeach entity influences the other, presenting critiques of how societal progresscan negatively affect the ecosystem. 

 

“Often,” Least Heat-Moon said about his stories, “Idid learn what I didn't know I wanted to know.”