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Damon Runyon. Runyon from First to Last
Runyon from First to Last
Table of Contents
The First Stories
1. THE DEFENCE OF STRIKERVILLE
2. FAT FALLON
3. TWO MEN NAMED COLLINS
4. AS BETWEEN FRIENDS
5. THE INFORMAL EXECUTION OF SOUPBONE PEW
6. MY FATHER
Stories à la Carte
7. MONEY FROM HOME
8. A STORY GOES WITH IT
9. BROADWAY COMPLEX
10. SO YOU WON'T TALK!
11. DARK DOLORES
12. DELEGATES AT LARGE
13. A LIGHT IN FRANCE
14. OLD EM'S KENTUCKY HOME
15. JOHNNY ONE-EYE
16. BROADWAY INCIDENT
17. THE IDYLL OF MISS SARAH BROWN
18. THE MELANCHOLY DANE
19. BARBECUE
20. LITTLE PINKS
21. PALM BEACH SANTA CLAUS
22. CLEO
23. THE LACEWORK KID
The Last Stories
24. BLONDE MINK
25. BIG BOY BLUES
Written in Sickness
26. WHY ME?
27. THE DOCTOR KNOWS BEST
28. NO LIFE
29. GOOD NIGHT
30 BED-WARMERS
31. SWEET DREAMS
32. PASSING THE WORD ALONG
33. DEATH PAYS A SOCIAL CALL
THE END
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Damon Runyon
Published by Good Press, 2021
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"When we climb the road to the strikers' camp, and you had to do it pretty slow on account of the rocks and not being able to see very well through the snow, we finds a big stir going on. There's a light in every tent, and camp-fires are burning all around. The women and kids are huddled over the fires, and the men are scattered about in little bunches, all talking at once.
"This guy I sent ahead had scared the life out of them. The president and half a dozen other leaders of the union who lived in camp met us, and I made 'em get busy right away.
