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Drawing to an inside straight

by Varon, Jodi,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : University of Missouri Press, (Columbia :) Physical details: 175 p. : ill.
Subject(s): Varon, Jodi, -- 1953- -- Family. | Varon, Jodi, -- 1953- -- Childhood and youth. | Jews -- Colorado -- Denver -- Social life and customs. | Sephardim -- Colorado -- Social life and customs. | Ashkenazim -- Colorado -- Social life and customs. | Electronic books.
Year: 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-175).

Bennie--Benji--Benjamin -- The tongue's delight -- When quizzac was cherry -- Rubes in New York -- In the vale -- The second ace -- Levitation -- Paella and yellow cabs -- Ben-anna split -- Spinoza's trade -- I'd give my life for a drink of raki -- Doppelgangers, daughters -- In amsterdam -- Along the route of the caliphate -- The man in the porkpie hat.

"Varon interweaves recollections of growing up in Vietnam-era Denver with stories of her gambler father, son of Sephardic Jewish immigrants, and offers an introduction to Sephardic culture contrasted with Ashkenazic culture, examines the forging of identity within the potentially destructive American "melting pot," and challenges stereotypes of the American West"--Provided by publisher.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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