On the gray fedora parked in front of him, he was tapping a rhythm out of time with the tune coming from the jukebox, Glenn Miller's "At Your Beck and Call"--a song he had perhaps composed or was just composing and which only he could hear.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Pictures of Bayou St. John


Here are a few pictures of Bayou St. John and Lake Pontchartrain. (In the novel, Harold Nevers' restaurant is located on the east bank of the mouth of Bayou St. John.)


Photos courtesy of the Alexander Allison Photograph Collection, New Orleans Public Library.



For more information on Bayou St. John, click here.

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