Nineteen NineteenConstable, 1932 - 462 pages Together with "The Big Money" and "The Forty Second Parallel" forms author's "U.S.A." trilogy which provides a collective portrait of America following dozens of characters from the Spanish-American War to the beginning of the Depression |
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Page 148
... asked did they want some mountain chicken . " I guess that means wild women , sure , " said Joe . " All bets are off to - night . " The little dinge took ' em into a bar kept by a stout mulatto woman and said something to her in the ...
... asked did they want some mountain chicken . " I guess that means wild women , sure , " said Joe . " All bets are off to - night . " The little dinge took ' em into a bar kept by a stout mulatto woman and said something to her in the ...
Page 211
... asked him about his painting he shrugged his shoulders and wouldn't answer . At supper he ate very little and drank only water . He stayed till late in the evening telling them about miraculous conversions of un- believers , extreme ...
... asked him about his painting he shrugged his shoulders and wouldn't answer . At supper he ate very little and drank only water . He stayed till late in the evening telling them about miraculous conversions of un- believers , extreme ...
Page 452
... asked in his other ear . Everybody was settled in chairs ; J.W. leaned over the back of his and said that this was going to be an informal chat , after all he was an old newspaper man himself . There was a pause . Dick glanced around at ...
... asked in his other ear . Everybody was settled in chairs ; J.W. leaned over the back of his and said that this was going to be an informal chat , after all he was an old newspaper man himself . There was a pause . Dick glanced around at ...
Contents
Oh the infantree the infantree | 1 |
JOE WILLIAMS | 3 |
The Camera Eye 28 when the telegram came | 8 |
Copyright | |
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