Related Historical Markers

October 14, 2016

Walker Percy Marker

SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER

1 ► Louisiana, St. Tammany Parish, Covington — Walker Percy — (1916-1990) —

On East Boston Street (State Highway 21) east of Lee Lane, on the right when traveling west.

Covington resident, where he wrote, among others, Lancelot, The Second Coming, Love in the Ruins, The Thanatos Syndrome, The Last Gentleman, and The Moviegoer, which won the National Book Award for fiction, co-founder Fellowship of . . . — — Map (db m98852) HM

2 ► Louisiana, St. Tammany Parish, Covington — Original Homestead of Walker Percy —

On Military Road (State Highway 21) south of Oswald Road, on the right when traveling south.

Homestead owned by Walker Percy, who was an American author and philosopher. He is best known for his philosophical novels set in and around New Orleans, the first of which, The Moviegoer, won the U.S. National Book award for fiction. Walker Percy . . . — — Map (db m115405) HM