Episode 3
The author stays at the Blue Shadows Bed and Breakfast in Greensboro and meets its owner, Janet May, aka Miss Cotton Blossom 1949.
Paul Theroux's account of his car journeys through America's southern states
is timely, and abridged for radio by Katrin Williams:
3. The author stays at the 'Blue Shadows Bed and Breakfast' in Greensboro,
and through its owner, Janet May, meets Randall Curb. And through Curb
he will then encounter the legendary Mary Ward Brown, short story
writer, aged 96.
Reader Henry Goodman
Producer Duncan Minshull.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Henry Goodman |
| Author | Paul Theroux |
| Abridger | Katrin Williams |
| Producer | Duncan Minshull |
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- Wed 2 Sep 201509:45BBC Radio 4 FM
- Thu 3 Sep 201500:30BBC Radio 4
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