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A New Yorker at Large by Mark Barron
A satirical tour of famous Americans and their odd hobbies. Roscoe Ates owns seven fiddles with one valued at 2000 dollars after a soda jerk past. Fiorello La Guardia’s secret practice sessions. Jack Dempsey as a contract bridge aficionado. Katharine Brush as a noted writer. Sie ring side fans and artists. Hella Bearnays linked to Freud and city politics. Victor Young tropical fish. Lillian Gish and Ramon Navarro pets. Ted Laws near Circleville Ohio. Fat Freddie Fitzsimmons poultry farm. Morton Downey and 32 police dogs. Claiborne Foster a contract expert.
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Mark Barron
New York
Roscoe Ates
Valjed
Hattiesburg
Miss
New York City
Fiorello la Guardia
Jack Dempsey
J? Bones
Katharine Brush
Manhattan
Tr Studio
Hella Bearnays
Rigmund Freud
Vienna
McGoldrick
Victor Young
Lillian Gish
Ramon Navarro
Ted Laws
Circleville
Ohio
Preddy Fitzsimmons
New York Giants
California
Morton Downey
Carl Brinson
Claiborne Foster