The Algonquin Wits

The Algonquin Wits
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Publisher : Citadel Press
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0806509473
ISBN-13 : 9780806509471
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Book Synopsis The Algonquin Wits by : Robert E. Drennan

Download or read book The Algonquin Wits written by Robert E. Drennan and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wit at the poker table tended to be less sophisticated than the luncheon banter - one can't consider the possibilities of a three card flush and simultaneously create nifties - but it was at the poker table that the Round Tablers revealed, in their firehouse funnies, their substantially small town origins. Every one of them came from the hinterlands exept my father.


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