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A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago

by Ben Hecht

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Fanny
  3. 3The Auctioneer’s Wife
  4. 4Fog Patterns
  5. 5Don Quixote and His Last Windmill
  6. 6The Man Hunt
  7. 7Mr. Winkelberg
  8. 8A Self-Made Man
  9. 9To Bert Williams
  10. 10Michigan Avenue
  11. 11Coeur de Lion and the Soup and Fish
  12. 12The Sybarite
  13. 13Dapper Pete and the Sucker Play
  14. 14Waterfront Fancies
  15. 15The Snob
  16. 16The Way Home
  17. 17The Pig
  18. 18The Little Fop
  19. 19Mottka
  20. 20Fantastic Lollypops
  21. 21Notes for a Tragedy
  22. 22Coral, Amber and Jade
  23. 23Meditation — in E Minor
  24. 24Ten-Cent Wedding Rings
  25. 25Where the “Blues” Sound
  26. 26Vagabondia
  27. 27Nirvana
  28. 28The Indestructible Masterpiece
  29. 29Mrs. Sardotopolis’ Evening Off
  30. 30The Great Traveler
  31. 31Thumbs Up and Down
  32. 32Ornaments
  33. 33The Watch Fixer
  34. 34Schopenhauer’s Son
  35. 35World Conquerors
  36. 36The Man From Yesterday
  37. 37Thumbnail Lotharios
  38. 38The Soul of Sing Lee
  39. 39Mrs. Rodjezke’s Last Job
  40. 40Queen Bess’ Feast
  41. 41Letters
  42. 42The Mother
  43. 43Clocks and Owl Cars
  44. 44Confessions
  45. 45An Iowa Humoresque
  46. 46The Exile
  47. 47On a Day Like This
  48. 48Night — Diary
  49. 49The Lake
  50. 50Sergt. Kuzick’s Waterloo
  51. 51Dead Warrior
  52. 52The Tattooer
  53. 53The Thing in the Dark
  54. 54An Old Audience Speaks
  55. 55Mishkin’s Minyon
  56. 56Sociable Gamblers
  57. 57Ripples
  58. 58Pitzela’s Son
  59. 59Pandora’s Box
  60. 60Ill-Humoresque
  61. 61The Man With a Question
  62. 62Grass Figures

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