"Since hitting the American roads in ""Blue Highways"", William Least Heat-Moon has been following another calling--to traverse America by its rivers. From the waterways of his 5,000-mile voyage, Least Heat-Moon shares a sharp and stirring vision of America. He starts up the Hudson River and continues the voyage--from New York harbor to the Pacific Ocean--which packs surprises, wisdom, regrets, mishaps, candor, and conversations that readers who savored his previous work will delight in."