William Least Heat-Moon

William Least Heat-Moon travels by car and on foot into the core of our continent, focusing on the landscape and history of Chase County-a sparsely populated tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of central Kansas-exploring its land, plants, animals, and people until this small place feels as large as the universe.

They called themselves the Corps of Discovery, yet they would fail to find the primary object of their mission: the Northwest Passage, a mythical all-river route through the mountains. Instead their real discovery would be the land itself--and the promises it held. 150 illustrations, 100 in color.