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Author Varon, Jodi, 1953-

Title Drawing to an inside straight : the legacy of an absent father / Jodi Varon
Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (175 pages) : illustrations
Contents 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
Summary "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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-175)
Notes Print version record
Subject Varon, Jodi, 1953- -- Family
Varon, Jodi, 1953- -- Childhood and youth
SUBJECT Varon, Jodi, 1953- fast
Subject Jews -- Colorado -- Denver -- Social life and customs
Sephardim -- Colorado -- Social life and customs
Ashkenazim -- Colorado -- Social life and customs
HISTORY -- State & Local.
Childhood and youth of a person
Ashkenazim -- Social life and customs
Families
Jews -- Social life and customs
Sephardim -- Social life and customs
Colorado
Colorado -- Denver
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005036573
ISBN 9780826265395
0826265391
9780826216465
0826216463