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William Least Heat-Moon, the Glossary

William Least Heat-Moon (born William Lewis Trogdon, August 27, 1939) is an American travel writer and historian of English, Irish, and alleged Osage ancestry.^[1]

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American people who self-identify as being of Osage descent
Stephens College faculty

Bagley, Minnesota

Bagley is a city in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States.

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Beat Generation

The Beat Generation was a literary subculture movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-World War II era.

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Bioregionalism is a philosophy that suggests that political, cultural, and economic systems are more sustainable and just if they are organized around naturally defined areas called bioregions, similar to ecoregions.

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Blue Highways

Blue Highways is an autobiographical travel book, published in 1982, by William Least Heat-Moon, born William Trogdon.

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Boat

A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size or capacity, its shape, or its ability to carry boats.

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Boone County, Missouri

Boone County is located in the U.S. state of Missouri.

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C-SPAN

Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN) is an American cable and satellite television network, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a nonprofit public service.

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Chase County, Kansas

Chase County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas.

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Christopher Award

The Christopher Award (established 1949) is presented to the producers, directors, and writers of books, films and television specials that "affirm the highest values of the human spirit".

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Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus (between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.

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Coffeehouse

A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino.

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Deep map

A deep map is a map with greater information than a two-dimensional image of places, names, and topography.

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Ecocentrism

Ecocentrism (from Greek: οἶκος oikos, 'house' and κέντρον kentron, 'center') is a term used by environmental philosophers and ecologists to denote a nature-centered, as opposed to human-centered (i.e., anthropocentric), system of values.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Environmental resource management

Environmental resource management or environmental management is the management of the interaction and impact of human societies on the environment.

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Fast food

Fast food is a type of mass-produced food designed for commercial resale, with a strong priority placed on speed of service.

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Hachita, New Mexico

Hachita is a census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico, United States.

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Henry Hudson

Henry Hudson (1565 – disappeared 23 June 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the Northeastern United States.

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Historian

A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it.

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Interstate Highway System

The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, or the Eisenhower Interstate System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States.

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Irish people

Irish people (Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common ancestry, history and culture.

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Jack Kerouac

Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. William Least Heat-Moon and Jack Kerouac are american travel writers.

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John Steinbeck

John Ernst Steinbeck --> (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer. William Least Heat-Moon and John Steinbeck are american travel writers.

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Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri (KC or KCMO) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by population and area.

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers.

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase.

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Map

A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes.

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Missouri River

The Missouri River is a river in the Central and Mountain West regions of the United States.

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Nameless, Tennessee

Nameless is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Tennessee, United States.

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Naturalism (literature)

Naturalism is a literary movement beginning in the late nineteenth century, similar to literary realism in its rejection of Romanticism, but distinct in its embrace of determinism, detachment, scientific objectivism, and social commentary.

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NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

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On Point

On Point is a radio show produced by WBUR-FM in Boston, Massachusetts, and syndicated by American Public Media (APM).

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On the Road

On the Road is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States.

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Osage Nation

The Osage Nation (𐓁𐒻 𐓂𐒼𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰͘|Ni Okašką|People of the Middle Waters) is a Midwestern American tribe of the Great Plains.

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Photojournalism

Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story.

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PrairyErth

PrairyErth: (a Deep Map) is a 1991 book about Chase County, Kansas by American author William Least Heat-Moon.

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Rand McNally

Rand McNally is an American technology and publishing company that provides mapping, software and hardware for consumer electronics, commercial transportation and education markets.

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Romanticism

Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century.

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Tau Kappa Epsilon

Tau Kappa Epsilon (ΤΚΕ), commonly known as ΤΚΕ or Teke, is a social college fraternity founded on January 10, 1899, at Illinois Wesleyan University.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The New York Times Book Review

The New York Times Book Review (NYTBR) is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed.

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Tom Ashbrook

Thomas E. Ashbrook is an American journalist and radio broadcaster.

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Transcendentalism

Transcendentalism is a philosophical, spiritual, and literary movement that developed in the late 1820s and 1830s in the New England region of the United States.

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Travel literature

The genre of travel literature or travelogue encompasses outdoor literature, guide books, nature writing, and travel memoirs.

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Travels with Charley

Travels with Charley: In Search of America is a 1962 travelogue written by American author John Steinbeck.

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University of California, Davis

The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States.

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University of Mary Washington

University of Mary Washington (UMW) is a public liberal arts university in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

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University of Missouri

The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri.

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Van

A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Least_Heat-Moon

Also known as William Heat-Moon, William L. Trogdon, William Least Heat Moon, William Lewis Trogdon, William Trogden, William Trogdon.

William Least Heat-Moon, the Glossary

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American people who self-identify as being of Osage descent

Stephens College faculty

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