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Daily Archives: March 26, 2019

Lyle Saxon’s “The Forgotten Cigarette”

One of New Orleans’ most cherished authors is Lyle Saxon, often hailed as the historian laureate of the Crescent City. His most-read books include Fabulous New Orleans (1928) and Old Louisiana (1929). Today’s post reproduces, in its entirety, one of Saxon’s earliest short stories, “The Forgotten Cigarette…