| Description |
xvi, 424 pages ; 18 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Signet classic |
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Signet classic.
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| Contents |
The Big City : The social triangle -- Tobin's palm -- The last leaf -- Schools and schools -- Springtime á la Carte -- Best-seller -- The gift of the magi -- The green door -- Transients in Arcadia -- Brickdust row -- The enchanted profile -- The furnished room -- Con Men And Hoboes : Shearing the wolf -- Hostages to momus -- A retrieved reformation -- The higher pragmatism -- Conscience in art -- The ethics of pig -- Jeff Peters as a personal magnet -- A tempered wind -- The Wild West And The Tame West : Telemachus, friend -- The Caballaro's way -- Friends in San Rosario -- The sphinx apple -- The princes and the puma -- A chaparral prince -- The enchanted kiss -- The lonesome road -- The hiding of Black Bill -- Hygeia at the solito -- Our Neighbors To The South: Domestic : "The rose of Dixie" -- Cherchez la Femme -- The fool-killer -- The moment of victory -- Our Neighbors To The Suth: Foreign : Two renegades -- He also serves -- the lotus and the bottle -- The Shamrock and the palm -- Shoes -- A double-dyed deceiver -- The fourth in Salvador. |
| Summary |
A classic anthology of short fiction by the acclaimed author gathers concise stories about New York City, confidence men, hoboes, the West, South America, and the American South, including such famed works as "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Furnished Room." |
| Subject |
United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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United States -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Raffel, Burton.
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| Added Title |
Forty one stories |
| ISBN |
9780451530530 (pbk.) |
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0451530535 (pbk.) |
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