Feet on the Street (10 page)

About the Author

ROY BLOUNT JR.
grew up in Georgia and lives in western Massachusetts. He is a contributing editor of
The Atlantic
and a regular panelist on National Public Radio's “Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me.” See royblountjr.com for details.

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Land's End: A Walk in Provincetown
by Michael Cunningham

After the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel,
Haiti
by Edwidge Danticat

City of the Soul: A Walk in Rome
by William Murray

Washington Schlepped Here: Walking in the Nation's
Capital
by Christopher Buckley

Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg
by James M. McPherson

Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon
by Chuck Palahniuk

Blues City: A Walk in Oakland
by Ishmael Reed

Time and Tide: A Walk Through Nantucket
by Frank Conroy

Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone
National Park
by Tim Cahill

Never a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago
by Alex Kotlowitz

The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic: A “Walk” in Austin
by Kinky Friedman

Time's Magpie: A Walk in Prague
by Myla Goldberg

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About Three Bricks Shy of a Load

Crackers

One Fell Soup

What Men Don't Tell Women

Not Exactly What I Had in Mind

It Grows on You

Soupsongs/Webster's Ark

Now, Where Were We?

About Three Bricks Shy . . . and the Load Filled Up

First Hubby

Camels Are Easy, Comedy's Hard

Roy Blount's Book of Southern Humor

If Only You Knew How Much I Smell You
(with Valerie Shaff)

Be Sweet: A Conditional Love Story

I Am Puppy, Hear Me Yap
(with Valerie Shaff)

Am I Pig Enough for You Yet?
(with Valerie Shaff)

Robert E. Lee

I Am the Cat, Don't Forget That
(with Valerie Shaff)

Copyright © 2005 by Roy Blount Jr.

All rights reserved.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Blount, Roy.                  Feet on the street: rambles around New Orleans/Roy Blount Jr.                                    (Crown journeys)1.         New Orleans (La.)—Description and travel.                  2.         New Orleans (La.)—Social life and customs.                  3.         New Orleans (La.)—Biography.                  4.         Walking—Louisiana—New Orleans.                  5.         Blount, Roy–Travel–Louisiana–New Orleans.                  I.         Title.                  II.         Crown Journeys series                  F379.N54B58                                    2005

                  917.63'35—dc22          2004021471

eISBN: 978-0-307-23700-2

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