Morning Star Café

The Morning Star Café is located in Paradise Chapel, Louisiana, and is the site where Joel meets Sam Radclif, who gives Joel a ride to Noon City.

Skully's Landing

Skully's Landing is the ancestral Louisiana home of Amy Skully who marries Edward Sansom. The Landing is the site of the main activity in the novel.

Noon City

Noon City, Louisiana, is the nearest town to Skully's Landing and where Joel first meets some of the people who will become important in his new life.

R.V. Lacey's Princely Place

R.V. Lacey's Princely Place is the only real store in Noon City and is owned by Roberta V. Lacey a highly spirited woman who takes an initial liking to Joel.

John Brown, the mule

John Brown, Jesus Fever's mule, pulls Jesus' wagon on trips to town, pulls Jesus' body to his grave, and ultimately dies...