Drawing to an inside straight [electronic resource] : the legacy of an absent father / Jodi Varon.
By: Varon, Jodi.
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BookPublisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2006Description: 175 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.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 customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 978.8/83004924 | B Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 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, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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