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Drawing to an inside straight : the legacy of an absent father
- Title
- Drawing to an inside straight : the legacy of an absent father / Jodi Varon.
- Author
- Varon, Jodi, 1953-
- Publication
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2006.
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Details
- Description
- 175 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Varon interweaves recollections of growing up in Vietnam-era Denver with stories of her gambler father, son of Sephardic Jewish immigrants, and offers an introduction to Sephardic culture contrasted with Ashkenazic culture, examines the forging of identity within the potentially destructive American "melting pot," and challenges stereotypes of the American West"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-175).
- Contents
- Bennie--Benji--Benjamin -- The tongue's delight -- When quizzac was cherry -- Rubes in New York -- In the vale -- The second ace -- Levitation -- Paella and yellow cabs -- Ben-anna split -- Spinoza's trade -- I'd give my life for a drink of raki -- Doppelgangers, daughters -- In amsterdam -- Along the route of the caliphate -- The man in the porkpie hat.
- Call Number
- JFE 06-7620
- ISBN
- 0826216463 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005036573
- 9780826216465
- OCLC
- 62732618
- Author
- Varon, Jodi, 1953-
- Title
- Drawing to an inside straight : the legacy of an absent father / Jodi Varon.
- Imprint
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-175).
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9780826216465
- Research Call Number
- JFE 06-7620