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The Neon Wilderness

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38: 224:(and been reprinted in the related annual volume): Algren's second-published story "The Brothers' House" (1935 award) and "A Bottle of Milk for Mother (Biceps)" (1941 award). Two had been selected for 614: 230:: "A Bottle of Milk for Mother" (as "Biceps", 1942 volume) and "How the Devil Came Down Division Street" (1945 volume). The year the collection was released, Algren received an award from the 594: 201:. They revolve around the lower classes: workers and unemployed, drunkards and gamblers, prostitutes and hustlers, small-businessmen and policemen. Unlike 506:(1933–1999), Special Collections, 2005 — Partial bibliography with editions and printings, first appearances and reprintings, reviews and notices, etc. 589: 410: 584: 464: 599: 231: 182: 604: 456: 226: 193:
The book collects 24 stories: 8 previously published (from 1933 to 1947) and 16 new. Most of them are set in then-contemporary
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That first appearance was as "The Face on the Barroom Floor, or Too Much Salt on the Pretzels". (See Contento reference.)
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The collection contains the following 24 stories (with first appearance for the 8 previously published).
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under the title of 'Biceps'. In O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1941."
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Fictional portrayals of the Chicago Police Department
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Index

Urban Hymns
The Main Drag

Nelson Algren
English
Short stories
tragi-comedy
satire
Doubleday & Co.
1947
United States
Print
hardcover
OCLC
1117160
Dewey Decimal
Nelson Algren
O. Henry Award
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Chicago
"Polish-American ghetto"
Dickens
Zola
tragi-comedy
satire
O. Henry Award
The Best American Short Stories
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Newberry Library
Harper's Bazaar

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