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A Blackjack Bargainer
The Going Public … in Shorts Series (Related to this series)
- Author
- O. Henry
- Narrator
- John Pruden
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 4 June 2013
- Run Time
- 39 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
O. Henry was a prolific American short-story writer—a master of surprise endings—who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. Here is "A Blackjack Bargainer," the story of the drunken Yancey Goree, a washed-up lawyer who has lost his money, possessions, property, and self-respect as a result of playing poker. After settling a feud, however, he manages to redeem himself by trading places with an old rival.
Proceeds from sale of this title go to Reach Out and Read, an innovative literacy advocacy organization.
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Details
- Author
- O. Henry
- Narrator
- John Pruden
- Duration
- 39 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 June 2013
- ISBN
- 9781481535694
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Short stories, Classic fiction, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
O. Henry was a prolific American short-story writer—a master of surprise endings—who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. Here is "A Blackjack Bargainer," the story of the drunken Yancey Goree, a washed-up lawyer who has lost his money, possessions, property, and self-respect as a result of playing poker. After settling a feud, however, he manages to redeem himself by trading places with an old rival.Proceeds from sale of this title go to Reach Out and Read, an innovative literacy advocacy organization.
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