Drawing to an inside straight
Varon, Jodi, 1953-
Drawing to an inside straight the legacy of an absent father / [electronic resource] : Jodi Varon. - Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2006. - 175 p. : ill.
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.
Varon, Jodi, 1953- --Family.
Varon, Jodi, 1953- --Childhood and youth.
Jews--Social life and customs.--Colorado--Denver
Sephardim--Social life and customs.--Colorado
Ashkenazim--Social life and customs.--Colorado
Electronic books.
F785.J5 / V37 2006eb
978.8/83004924 B
Drawing to an inside straight the legacy of an absent father / [electronic resource] : Jodi Varon. - Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2006. - 175 p. : ill.
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.
Varon, Jodi, 1953- --Family.
Varon, Jodi, 1953- --Childhood and youth.
Jews--Social life and customs.--Colorado--Denver
Sephardim--Social life and customs.--Colorado
Ashkenazim--Social life and customs.--Colorado
Electronic books.
F785.J5 / V37 2006eb
978.8/83004924 B