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Lovable, Wacky Hot Dog Vendors
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John Kennedy Toole’s A
Confederacy of Dunces won a Pulitzer Prize as a fictional tale about a
no-account New Orleans
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Lovable, Wacky Hot Dog Vendors
Byon February 21, 2000
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This book is part
hilarious comedy, part tragedy. It is a walk on the edge that most of us will
never experience. This book so accurately portrays the downtrodden and their
trials and tribulations without judgement, pity or disrespect. I enjoyed every
page. I hope we see more from this author, the true king and manager of the
real-life confederacy of dunces.
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of 3 people found the following review helpful
Byon November 5, 2003Format: Paperback
You didn't have to be
there, however if you were, you'll know. Now, if you have ever been in the food
service industry, regardless of the establishment, you will recognize these
characters and know what it is to "manage" them. This is one of very
few books that I read over and over again. I relish just opening it up and
reading a few paragraphs. I was joyously surprised with this gift of a book. It
is fluid, fun and more factual then you may want to know! This IS New Orleans
or read it on the bus home. Moreover, pass it along. This is a great afternoon read wherever you may be. This is a long story, with a long shelf life. Like my life, so far, it just goes on and on and on......
or read it on the bus home. Moreover, pass it along. This is a great afternoon read wherever you may be. This is a long story, with a long shelf life. Like my life, so far, it just goes on and on and on......
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
on July 3, 2001
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I started to read this
book because I am a fan of Confederacy of Dunces, but now I am a fan of Jerry
Strahan. Here is a educated man that has lived a life in a world of transients
and street people that I will never know. I feel I have had an up close and
personal visit to the strange but real world of misfits - hookers, hustlers and
folks that will never be my suburban idea of normal. Thanks for the trip.
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of 1 people found the following review helpful
Byon July 13, 1998
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Hardcover
This book was great.
The real life accounts of the author as he was manager of Lucky Dogs, the
hotdog vending company in New Orleans New Orleans
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of 3 people found the following review helpful
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October 21, 2005
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Lucky Dogs hold a Zen
quintessence that can only be approximated by the sobriquet "Bourbon
Street Steak," and are oddly more satisfying than Café du Monde beignets
and chicory coffee in invoking memories of New Orleans
Are Lucky Dogs, therefore, our petite Madeleine dipped in tea? Proust's ghost will not say, for now is discretion, and these are our memories, after all.
Historian Jerry Strahan has had a very American career. He is a respected and indeed famous and authoritative scholar of military history, but like many a family man needed to provide for his brood with a higher cash flow than itinerant academic leavings would provide, and fell into managing the Lucky Dog operation through those twin hands, fate and opportunity surrounded by less appealing alternatives. Over the decades he grew into the job, and even expanded the operation toWashington , D.C.
Strahan's academic career is only a leitmotif in "Managing Ignatius: The Lunacy of Lucky Dogs and Life inNew Orleans
And the primary emphasis of "Managing Ignatius" story is that Strahan works with many who are at the margins of employability, yet have personalities that draw you. "Managing Ignatius" therefore should serve as a management science alternative textbook, for indeed Strahan's goal is to sell weenies with a volatile cast and crew. He makes many bricks with very little straw.
Yet, there is a very tender side to his memoir, for Strahan never deprecates nor condemns even the most fricative people he must motivate. Indeed, he often observes that some of his most prickly characters end up being the best and most enduring vendors, and acknowledges that in an odd way many of them have found their calling in life, just as Strahan has found his.
This is an excellent, amusing, informative book that commands attention on multiple levels, and is not simply for tourists ofNew Orleans
Are Lucky Dogs, therefore, our petite Madeleine dipped in tea? Proust's ghost will not say, for now is discretion, and these are our memories, after all.
Historian Jerry Strahan has had a very American career. He is a respected and indeed famous and authoritative scholar of military history, but like many a family man needed to provide for his brood with a higher cash flow than itinerant academic leavings would provide, and fell into managing the Lucky Dog operation through those twin hands, fate and opportunity surrounded by less appealing alternatives. Over the decades he grew into the job, and even expanded the operation to
Strahan's academic career is only a leitmotif in "Managing Ignatius: The Lunacy of Lucky Dogs and Life in
And the primary emphasis of "Managing Ignatius" story is that Strahan works with many who are at the margins of employability, yet have personalities that draw you. "Managing Ignatius" therefore should serve as a management science alternative textbook, for indeed Strahan's goal is to sell weenies with a volatile cast and crew. He makes many bricks with very little straw.
Yet, there is a very tender side to his memoir, for Strahan never deprecates nor condemns even the most fricative people he must motivate. Indeed, he often observes that some of his most prickly characters end up being the best and most enduring vendors, and acknowledges that in an odd way many of them have found their calling in life, just as Strahan has found his.
This is an excellent, amusing, informative book that commands attention on multiple levels, and is not simply for tourists of
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