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It was while eating a big ol’ plate of steaming ribs that journalist Lolis Eric Elie and photographer Frank Stewart decided to traverse the country to investigate America’s obsession with smoked meat. Their quest took them from all-night barbecue binges on Chicago’s south side to barbecue... read more
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- Frank: Add a description of this character.
- Otis P. Boyd
- Maurice Bessinger
- Billy Anderson
- Mr. Vera
- Hawkins
- Moe
- Gates
- Mr. Echols
- Ray Robinson
- J.c.
- Mando
- Pennington
- Paul
- Sharon
- Leonard
- Wayne
- Adrienne
- Charlie Mac
- Hinze
- Mark
- Ricky
- Golovin
- Corky
- Bob
- Sweatman
- Black
- Mary
- Lockhart
- Mr. Smalls
- Jesse
- Johnson
- B.b. King
- Arthur
- Jeannette
Setting & Locations edit
- Memphis
- Middle Texas
- Kansas City
- Chicago
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Florenzio
- East St. Louis
- Lexington
- North Carolina
- New York
- Missouri
- United States
- America
- Mexia
- Brownsville
- Oklahoma
- Spartanburg
- Dallas
- Columbia
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Owensboro
- Rosedale
- Vienna
- Grain Valley
- Mexico
- New Orleans
- Alabama
- Germany
- Beau
First Sentence edit
At the time of that eating I was employed as the road manager for the Wynton Marsalis Septet, and that fact also has a lot to do with how this came to be.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Lolis Eric Elie (Author)
- Frank Stewart
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (T)
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0374266468
Page Count: 224
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (T)
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0374266468
Page Count: 224
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- Dewey: 641.5784
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