Memphis in Flags in the Dust (Location)

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Memphis
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2324
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271
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Founded in 1819, Memphis, Tennessee, had over 162,000 residents in 1920, making it the closest big city to Yoknapatawpha. It was originally made prosperous as a riverboat town from which much of the South shipped its cotton and timber, and - as many of the Yoknapatawpha fictions reveal - the place where people from Jefferson went to misbehave. In this novel, young Bayard buys his car there, and Jenny takes old Bayard there to see a specialist.

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Site of Event
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Continuous
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City; Car Dealership; Doctor's Office

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