# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1432
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28624 "2014-08-26T02:28:10Z")
Artists (in any medium) whose work is inextricably tied up with a particular place. 1. Stephen King (Maine) 2. John Steinbeck (California) 3. The Beach Boys (California, duh.) 4. Paul Gauguin (Tahiti) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28625 "2014-08-26T03:04:21Z")
Artists (in any medium) whose work is inextricably tied up with a particular place. 1. Stephen King (Maine) 2. John Steinbeck (California) 3. The Beach Boys (California, duh.) 4. Paul Gauguin (Tahiti) 5. Rudyard Kipling (India) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28626 "2014-08-26T03:22:42Z")
Artists (in any medium) whose work is inextricably tied up with a particular place. 1. Stephen King (Maine) 2. John Steinbeck (California) 3. The Beach Boys (California, duh.) 4. Paul Gauguin (Tahiti) 5. Rudyard Kipling (India) 6. Drew Carey (Ohio) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28627 "2014-08-26T03:23:01Z")
Artists (in any medium) whose work is inextricably tied up with a particular place. 1. Stephen King (Maine) 2. John Steinbeck (California) 3. The Beach Boys (California, duh.) 4. Paul Gauguin (Tahiti) 5. Rudyard Kipling (India) 6. William Faulkner (Mississippi) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28628 "2014-08-26T03:24:02Z")
Artists (in any medium) whose work is inextricably tied up with a particular place. 1. Stephen King (Maine) 2. John Steinbeck (California) 3. The Beach Boys (California, duh.) 4. Paul Gauguin (Tahiti) 5. Rudyard Kipling (India) 6. William Faulkner (Mississippi) 7. Farley Mowat (The Canadian North) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28629 "2014-08-26T03:42:51Z")
Artists (in any medium) whose work is inextricably tied up with a particular place. 1. Stephen King (Maine) 2. John Steinbeck (California) 3. The Beach Boys (California, duh.) 4. Paul Gauguin (Tahiti) 5. Rudyard Kipling (India) 6. William Faulkner (Mississippi) 7. Farley Mowat (The Canadian North) 8. Raymond Chandler (Los Angeles) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28630 "2014-08-26T03:46:55Z")
Artists (in any medium) whose work is inextricably tied up with a particular place. 1. Stephen King (Maine) 2. John Steinbeck (California) 3. The Beach Boys (California, duh.) 4. Paul Gauguin (Tahiti) 5. Rudyard Kipling (India) 6. William Faulkner (Mississippi) 7. Farley Mowat (The Canadian North) 8. Raymond Chandler (Los Angeles) 9. Galen Rowell (Yosemite) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28631 "2014-08-26T03:51:40Z")
Artists (in any medium) whose work is inextricably tied up with a particular place. 1. Stephen King (Maine) 2. John Steinbeck (California) 3. The Beach Boys (California, duh.) 4. Paul Gauguin (Tahiti) 5. Rudyard Kipling (India) 6. William Faulkner (Mississippi) 7. Farley Mowat (The Canadian North) 8. Raymond Chandler (Los Angeles) 9. Galen Rowell (Yosemite) 10. Anne Tyler (Baltimore) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28632 "2014-08-26T04:02:20Z")
Artists (in any medium) whose work is inextricably tied up with a particular place. 1. Stephen King (Maine) 2. John Steinbeck (California) 3. The Beach Boys (California, duh.) 4. Paul Gauguin (Tahiti) 5. Rudyard Kipling (India) 6. William Faulkner (Mississippi) 7. Farley Mowat (The Canadian North) 8. Raymond Chandler (Los Angeles) 9. Galen Rowell (Yosemite) 10. Anne Tyler (Baltimore) 11. Woody Allen (New York) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28633 "2014-08-26T11:13:46Z")
Artists (in any medium) whose work is inextricably tied up with a particular place. 1. Stephen King (Maine) 2. John Steinbeck (California) 3. The Beach Boys (California, duh.) 4. Paul Gauguin (Tahiti) 5. Rudyard Kipling (India) 6. William Faulkner (Mississippi) 7. Farley Mowat (The Canadian North) 8. Raymond Chandler (Los Angeles) 9. Galen Rowell (Yosemite) 10. Anne Tyler (Baltimore) 11. Woody Allen (New York) 12. Garrison Keillor (Minnesota) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28634 "2014-08-26T12:34:35Z")
Artists (in any medium) whose work is inextricably tied up with a particular place. 1. Stephen King (Maine) 2. John Steinbeck (California) 3. The Beach Boys (California, duh.) 4. Paul Gauguin (Tahiti) 5. Rudyard Kipling (India) 6. William Faulkner (Mississippi) 7. Farley Mowat (The Canadian North) 8. Raymond Chandler (Los Angeles) 9. Galen Rowell (Yosemite) 10. Anne Tyler (Baltimore) 11. Woody Allen (New York) 12. Garrison Keillor (Minnesota) 13. Sarah Orne Jewett (Maine) New: Children’s books not set in the U.S. 1. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Denmark) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28635 "2014-08-26T12:37:06Z")
Children’s books not set in the U.S. 1. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Denmark) 2. The Cay by Theodore Taylor (a tiny island somewhere in the Caribbean) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28636 "2014-08-26T12:42:56Z")
New: Children’s books not set in the U.S. 1. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Denmark) 2. The Cay by Theodore Taylor (a tiny island somewhere in the Caribbean) 3. The Witches by Roald Dahl (Norway, then England) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28637 "2014-08-26T13:05:34Z")
Children’s books not set in the U.S. 1. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Denmark) 2. The Cay by Theodore Taylor (a tiny island somewhere in the Caribbean) 3. The Witches by Roald Dahl (Norway, then England) 4. Pippi Longstocking (Sweden) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28638 "2014-08-26T13:18:57Z")
Children’s books not set in the U.S. 1. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Denmark) 2. The Cay by Theodore Taylor (a tiny island somewhere in the Caribbean) 3. The Witches by Roald Dahl (Norway, then England) 4. Pippi Longstocking (Sweden) 5. Thomas the Tank Engine by Rev. W. Awdry (set on British Isle of Sodor) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28639 "2014-08-26T13:29:58Z")
Children’s books not set in the U.S. 1. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Denmark) 2. The Cay by Theodore Taylor (a tiny island somewhere in the Caribbean) 3. The Witches by Roald Dahl (Norway, then England) 4. Pippi Longstocking (Sweden) 5. Thomas the Tank Engine by Rev. W. Awdry (set on British Isle of Sodor) 6. Madeleine by Ludwig Bemelmans (Paris) …even though Bemelmans himself is American! ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28640 "2014-08-26T13:59:17Z")
Children’s books not set in the U.S. 1. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Denmark) 2. The Cay by Theodore Taylor (a tiny island somewhere in the Caribbean) 3. The Witches by Roald Dahl (Norway, then England) 4. Pippi Longstocking (Sweden) 5. Thomas the Tank Engine by Rev. W. Awdry (set on British Isle of Sodor) 6. Madeleine by Ludwig Bemelmans (Paris) 7. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (Prince Edward Island, Canada) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28641 "2014-08-26T14:31:38Z")
Children’s books not set in the U.S. 1. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Denmark) 2. The Cay by Theodore Taylor (a tiny island somewhere in the Caribbean) 3. The Witches by Roald Dahl (Norway, then England) 4. Pippi Longstocking (Sweden) 5. Thomas the Tank Engine by Rev. W. Awdry (set on British Isle of Sodor) 6. Madeleine by Ludwig Bemelmans (Paris) 7. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (Prince Edward Island, Canada) 8. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (set in both England and Narnia) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28642 "2014-08-26T14:42:57Z")
Children’s books not set in the U.S. 1. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Denmark) 2. The Cay by Theodore Taylor (a tiny island somewhere in the Caribbean) 3. The Witches by Roald Dahl (Norway, then England) 4. Pippi Longstocking (Sweden) 5. Thomas the Tank Engine by Rev. W. Awdry (set on British Isle of Sodor) 6. Madeleine by Ludwig Bemelmans (Paris) 7. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (Prince Edward Island, Canada) 8. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (set in both England and Narnia) 9. Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling (England/Scotland) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28643 "2014-08-26T14:54:44Z")
Children’s books not set in the U.S. 1. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Denmark) 2. The Cay by Theodore Taylor (a tiny island somewhere in the Caribbean) 3. The Witches by Roald Dahl (Norway, then England) 4. Pippi Longstocking (Sweden) 5. Thomas the Tank Engine by Rev. W. Awdry (set on British Isle of Sodor) 6. Madeleine by Ludwig Bemelmans (Paris) 7. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (Prince Edward Island, Canada) 8. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (set in both England and Narnia) 9. Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling (England/Scotland) 10. Heidi by Joanna Spyri (Switzerland) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1431) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1433)