Bibliograph

In God we trust, all others pay cash, Jean Shepherd

Type

Label

In God we trust, all others pay cash, Jean Shepherd

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

In God we trust

Oclc number

46597690

Responsibility statement

Jean Shepherd

Sub title

all others pay cash

Summary

Ralph reminisces with an old chum in this affectionate, wacky, and wryly realistic portrayal of an American family's joys and travails in small-town, Depression-era Indiana

Table Of Contents

We meet Flick, the friendly bartender -- Duel in the snow, or Red Ryder nails the Cleveland Street kid -- Flick fails to recall an old song -- The counterfeit Secret Circle member gets the message, or the Asp strikes again -- I poke at an old wound -- The endless streetcar ride into the night, and the tinfoil noose -- Flick offers me hard liquor -- Hairy Gertz and the forty-seven crappies -- I introduce Flick to the art world -- My old man and the lascivious special award that heralded the birth of pop art -- Flick makes an artistic judgment -- The Magic Mountain -- Flick dredges up a notorious son of a bitch -- Grover Dill and the Tasmanian devil -- Flick displays a petty jealous streak -- Ludlow Kissel and the dago bomb that struck back -- I show off -- Uncle Ben and the side-splitting knee slapper, or some words are loaded -- We have two small visitors -- Old man Pulaski and the infamous jawbreaker blackmail caper -- Enter friendly Fred -- The perfect crime -- Flick baits the hook -- Wilbur Duckworth and his magic baton -- I relate the strange tale of the human hypodermic needle -- Miss Bryfogel and the frightening case of the speckle-throated cuckold -- Polka time -- "Nevermore, " quoth the assessor, "nevermore ..." -- The posse rides again -- Leopold Doppler and the great Orpheum gravy boat riot -- The day shift drops by for a belt

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