TY  - BOOK
AU  - Varon,Jodi
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Drawing to an inside straight: the legacy of an absent father 
AV  - F785.J5 V37 2006eb
U1  - 978.8/83004924B 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Columbia
PB  - University of Missouri Press
KW  - Varon, Jodi,
KW  - Jews
KW  - Colorado
KW  - Denver
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Sephardim
KW  - Ashkenazim
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - "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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10155102
ER  -