A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago

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Ben Hecht. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago

A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago

Table of 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

Act Two, now—Madge, the sharp-tongued, weary-eyed young woman behind the counter. Love-me love songs in her ear and people unraveling, faces unraveling before her. Who buys these wedding rings, Madge? And did you ever notice anything odd about your customers? And why do you suppose they buy ten-cent wedding rings, Madge?

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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Ben Hecht

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Oh, but life went gayly, gayly

In the house of Idah Dally;

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