A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago

About this eBook

Author

Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964

Credits

E-text prepared by Eric Eldred, Clare Elliott, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Chicago (Ill.) -- Literary collections

Category

Text

eBook-No.

7988

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7988

Release Date

April 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A THOUSAND AND ONE AFTERNOONS IN CHICAGO — CONTENTS — FANNY — THE AUCTIONEER'S WIFE — FOG PATTERNS — DON QUIXOTE AND HIS LAST WINDMILL — THE MAN HUNT — MR. WINKELBERG — A SELF-MADE MAN — TO BERT WILLIAMS — MICHIGAN AVENUE — COEUR DE LION AND THE SOUP AND FISH — THE SYBARITE — DAPPER PETE AND THE SUCKER PLAY — WATERFRONT FANCIES — THE SNOB — THE WAY HOME — THE PIG — THE LITTLE FOP — MOTTKA — "FA'N TA MIG!" — FANTASTIC LOLLYPOPS — NOTES FOR A TRAGEDY — CORAL, AMBER AND JADE — MEDITATION IN E MINOR — TEN-CENT WEDDING RINGS — WHERE THE "BLUES" SOUND — VAGABONDIA — NIRVANA — THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MASTERPIECE — SATRAPS AT PLAY — MRS. SARDOTOPOLIS' EVENING OFF — THE GREAT TRAVELER — THUMBS UP AND DOWN — ORNAMENTS — THE WATCH FIXER — SCHOPENHAUER'S SON — WORLD CONQUERORS — THE MAN FROM YESTERDAY — THUMBNAIL LOTHARIOS — THE SOUL OF SING LEE — MRS. RODJEZKE'S LAST JOB — QUEEN BESS' FEAST — THE DAGGER VENUS — LETTERS — THE MOTHER — CLOCKS AND OWL CARS — CONFESSIONS — AN IOWA HUMORESQUE — THE EXILE — ON A DAY LIKE THIS — JAZZ BAND IMPRESSIONS — NIGHT DIARY — THE LAKE — SERGT. KUZICK'S WATERLOO — DEAD WARRIOR — THE TATTOOER — THE THING IN THE DARK — AN OLD AUDIENCE SPEAKS — MISHKIN'S MINYON — SOCIABLE GAMBLERS — RIPPLES — PITZELA'S SON — PANDORA'S BOX — ILL-HUMORESQUE — THE MAN WITH A QUESTION — GRASS FIGURES

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