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  • Damon Runyon Omnibus

    by Damon Runyon ...
    Full of humorous stories about gangsters, bootleggers, gamblers, and their women inhabiting New York's Broadway. A world of speakeasies and dancing girls where a gambler or bootlegger is perfectly normal and respectable in every way. Those familiar with "Guys and Dolls" know what to expect! ... Read more

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  • Guys and Dolls: The Stories of Damon Runyon by Damon Runyon

    by Damon Runyon ...
    You can count on Guys and Dolls being revived at least once every ten years, and on and on, probably as long as there is an America. For the stories of Damon Runyon, from which came what many authorities think is the greatest musical ever created, are as American as apple pie. You'll savor the spice and richness in these thirty-two tales, a perfect sampler of the Runyon genius. Here you will read ... Read more

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  • Damon Runyon Favorites

    by Damon Runyon ...
    ''Damon Runyon Favorites'' is a classic major collection of colorful short stories and novellas by Damon Runyon that vividly portrays the underworld of New York during the Prohibition era. It focuses on gangsters, gamblers, touts, and Broadway characters, featuring tales like "Little Miss Marker" and "Madame La Gimp". It features memorable, hard-boiled characters with colorful nicknames such as ... Read more

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  • More than Somewhat

    by Damon Runyon ...
    Alfred Damon Runyon (1880–1946) was an American newspaperman and short story writer best known for his stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from the Brooklyn or Midtown demi-monde. He spun humorous and sentimental tales of gamblers, hustlers, ... Read more

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  • More Than Somewhat

    by Damon Runyon ...
    This volume contains a collection of Damon Runyon's often simultaneously hilarious, sentimental, and horrifying short stories. Full of memorable characters and masterfully composed narrative, these short stories constitute a wonderful addition to any personal library, and are not to be missed by discerning collectors of Runyon's work. The stories contained herein include: Beach of Promise, Romance ... Read more

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  • Take It Easy

    by Damon Runyon ...
    Tales from the world of gamblers and small-time crooks who inhabited the world of the speakeasies during Prohibition. The Prohibition era comes alive in these comic tales featuring dames (dolls, babes, broads, or ever-loving wives) and guys (players, gamblers, citizens and cops), along with the gee-gees, the bars and the speakeasies of the day. All written in Runyon's unique comic style. ... Read more

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  • Short Takes: Readers Choice of the Best Columns of America's Favorite Newspaperman

    by Damon Runyon ...
    This is a collection of Readers’ Choice of the best columns of America’s favorite newspaperman, Damon Runyon. ... Read more

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  • Damon Runyon Favorites

    by Damon Runyon, Walter Winchell ...
    MASTER OF THE MAIN STEM!Here are some stories by Damon Runyon—the man who, according to Walter Winchell, knows more about the Roaring Forties than any other writing man. Included are many of the stories that have made him famous. There are "Little Miss Marker," "The Hottest Guy in the World," and "Madame La Gimp," who went Hollywood and became the celebrated Lady for a Day.You'll enjoy meeting ... Read more

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    Poetry of Damon Runyon, The

    We have an exciting poetry anthology here, from the celebrated author Runyon, whose stories were the source material for the musical Guys & Dolls.

    by Damon Runyon ...
    Narrated by Eric Meyers, Christopher Ragland, Samya De Meo ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 6 min

    Alfred Damon Runyan was born on 4th October 1880, in Manhattan, Kansas.When Runyon was two his father was forced to sell his newspaper and the family moved eventually settling in Pueblo, Colorado where Runyon spent his youth.By most accounts, he attended school only through the fourth grade and then worked for his father in the newspaper trade.In 1898 Runyon enlisted in the U.S. Army to fight in ... Read more

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    Defense of Strikerville, The

    From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

    by Damon Runyon ...
    Narrated by Christopher Ragland ...

    Unabridged

    33 min

    Alfred Damon Runyan was born on 4th October 1880, in Manhattan, Kansas.When Runyon was two his father was forced to sell his newspaper and the family moved eventually settling in Pueblo, Colorado where Runyon spent his youth.By most accounts, he attended school only through the fourth grade and then worked for his father in the newspaper trade.In 1898 Runyon enlisted in the U.S. Army to fight in ... Read more

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    Damon Runyon Theater - A Nice Price & The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown

    Episode 3

    by Damon Runyon ...
    Narrated by John Brown ...

    Abridged

    58 min

    The Damon Runyon Theatre Hour. Damon Runyon is acknowledged as one of the great writers to come out of twentieth century America. Runyon's short stories are almost always told in the first person by a narrator who is never named, and whose role is unclear; he knows many gangsters and has no job that can be gleaned from his musings, nor does he admit to any criminal involvement; He’s a bystander, ... Read more

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  • My Old Man

    by Damon Runyon ...
    Series series Stackpole Classics
    In a series of essays, Runyon, reflects on the frank, often outrageous opinions of his “old man,” who knows a thing or two about just about everything—and even if he doesn’t, he’ll tell you anyway. Damon Runyon's "old man" is neither a small-time Broadway crook, nor a modest Brooklyn Babbitt… He is a salty old commentator on men, women and manners, who says what he thinks with more force and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD