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	Meely LaBauve 4.15 avg rating — 541 ratings — published 2000 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Junior's Leg 4.10 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Travels with Barley: A Journey Through Beer Culture in America 3.39 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous: Fighting to Save a Way of Life in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina 4.24 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crawfish Mountain: A Novel 3.47 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gumbo Life: Tales from the Roux Bayou 4.13 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Floating Off the Page: The Best Stories from The Wall Street Journal's "Middle Column" 3.76 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2002 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rascal: A Dog and His Boy by Ken Wells (Goodreads Author), Christian Slade (Illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swamped! by Ken Wells (Goodreads Author), Hillary Wells 4.43 avg rating — 44 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I’m sometimes asked why I write what I write—how I come to a decision that I’ve found a story I think is worth telling, and where I get my material.

Well, for starters, I like to tell stories. I come from a long line of storytellers, even if none of them were writers.

Though my dad, mom and two grandmothers could all tell a really fine tale, the king of the family was William Henry “Pop” Wells, Read more of this blog post »

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