O America: Discovery in a New Land

William Least Heat-Moon’s new novel explores the American interior in every sense of the word.


William Least Heat-Moon

William Least Heat-Moon’s Debut Novel Takes a Spiritual Journey

By the third chapter of William Least Heat-Moon’s first fictional work, we learn that the handheld device Silas places the most confidence in is the compass, owing to its reliance on magnetic polarity rather than battery power or a human operator.