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A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago

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1. Front matter 2. FANNY 3. THE AUCTIONEER'S WIFE 4. FOG PATTERNS 5. DON QUIXOTE AND HIS LAST WINDMILL 6. THE MAN HUNT 7. MR. WINKELBERG 8. A SELF-MADE MAN 9. TO BERT WILLIAMS 10. MICHIGAN AVENUE 11. COEUR DE LION AND THE SOUP AND FISH 12. THE SYBARITE 13. DAPPER PETE AND THE SUCKER PLAY 14. WATERFRONT FANCIES 15. THE SNOB 16. THE WAY HOME 17. THE PIG 18. THE LITTLE FOP 19. MOTTKA 20. "FA'N TA MIG!"21. FANTASTIC LOLLYPOPS 22. NOTES FOR A TRAGEDY 23. CORAL, AMBER AND JADE 24. MEDITATION IN E MINOR 25. TEN-CENT WEDDING RINGS 26. WHERE THE "BLUES" SOUND 27. VAGABONDIA 28. NIRVANA 29. THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MASTERPIECE 30. MRS. SARDOTOPOLIS' EVENING OFF 31. THE GREAT TRAVELER 32. THUMBS UP AND DOWN 33. ORNAMENTS 34. THE WATCH FIXER 35. SCHOPENHAUER'S SON 36. WORLD CONQUERORS 37. THE MAN FROM YESTERDAY 38. THUMBNAIL LOTHARIOS 39. THE SOUL OF SING LEE 40. MRS. RODJEZKE'S LAST JOB 41. QUEEN BESS' FEAST 42. LETTERS 43. THE MOTHER 44. CLOCKS AND OWL CARS 45. CONFESSIONS 46. AN IOWA HUMORESQUE 47. THE EXILE 48. ON A DAY LIKE THIS 49. NIGHT DIARY 50. THE LAKE 51. SERGT. KUZICK'S WATERLOO 52. DEAD WARRIOR 53. THE TATTOOER 54. THE THING IN THE DARK 55. AN OLD AUDIENCE SPEAKS 56. MISHKIN'S MINYON 57. SOCIABLE GAMBLERS 58. RIPPLES 59. PITZELA'S SON 60. PANDORA'S BOX 61. ILL-HUMORESQUE 62. THE MAN WITH A QUESTION 63. GRASS FIGURES

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