This icon represents the many cities and "country towns" where the man who calls himself Joel Flint performed in, first for twenty years as "Signor Casonova the Great," then for perhaps another half dozen years as carnival "bandsman, ringman, Bornean wild man" and pitchman (134). How much of the U.S. he covered during that time can only be guessed at.
According to the stash of newspaper clippings in "An Error in Chemistry," before he came to Yoknapatawpha the man who calls himself "Joel Flint" was a circus performer and carnival worker. For twenty years he performed across the country as "Signor Casonova the Great," then for perhaps another half dozen years he worked in carnivals, "traveling from country town to country town" as a "bandsman, ringman, Bornean wild man" and pitchman, (134). How much of the U.S. he covered during that time can only be guessed at - and represented by this generic 'Location.'
