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The man with the golden arm : a novel

Title
The man with the golden arm : a novel / Nelson Algren.
Author
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981
Publication
Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1949.

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TextUse in library PS3501.L4625 M3 1949Off-site

Details

Additional Authors
  • Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000
  • Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981
Description
343 pages; 22 cm
Summary
A novel about a young drug addict and his daily encounters as he pursues his eternal quest for means to support his habit.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • City and town life > Fiction
  • Morphine abuse > Fiction
  • Criminals > Fiction
  • Gamblers > Fiction
  • American fiction > 20th century
  • American fiction
  • City and town life
  • Criminals
  • Gamblers
  • Morphine abuse
  • City and town life > Fiction
  • Morphine abuse > Fiction
  • Criminals > Fiction
  • Gamblers > Fiction
  • Littérature américaine > 20e siècle
  • Chicago (Ill.) > Fiction
  • Illinois > Chicago
  • Chicago (Ill.) > Fiction
Genre/Form
  • Authors' presentation copies (Provenance).
  • Fictional Work
  • novels.
  • Novels
  • Didactic fiction
  • Fiction
  • Didactic fiction.
  • Novels.
  • Romans.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also issued online.
Provenance (note)
  • Presentation copy to Gwendolyn Brooks with inscription by author dated Nov. '49.
Awards (note)
  • National Book Award, 1950
LCCN
49010533
OCLC
  • ocm00565975
  • 565975
  • SCSB-8849005
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library