02323cam a2200337 i 4500 344293396 TxAuBib 20180417120000.0 921028s1993||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 92050835 9780679746317 18.00 0679746315 18.00 eng rda TxAuBib rda Mitchell, Joseph C. Up in the old hotel, and other stories [BOOK] / Joseph Mitchell. First Vintage books edition. New York : Vintage Books, 1993. xix, 716 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published in a somewhat different form in The New Yorker"--T.p. verso. McSorley's wonderful saloon: The old house at home -- Mazie -- Hit on the head with cow -- Professor sea gull -- A spism and a spasm -- Lady Olga -- Evening with a gifted child -- A sporting man -- The cave dwellers -- King of the gypsies -- The gypsy women -- The deaf-mutes club -- Santa claus Smith -- The don't swear man -- Obituary of a gin mill -- Houdini's picnic -- The Mohawks in high steel -- All you can hold for five bucks -- A mess of clams -- The same as monkeys glands -- Goodbye, Shirley Temple.; McSorley's wonderful saloon cont'd: On the wagon -- The kind old blonde -- I couldn't dope it our -- The downfall of fascism in Black Ankle County -- I blame it all on mamma -- Uncle Dockery and the independent bull -- Old Mr. Flood: Old Mr. Flood -- The black clams -- Mr. Flood's party -- The bottom of the harbor: Up in the old hotel -- The bottom of the harbor -- The rats on the waterfront -- Mr. Hunter's grave -- Dragger captain -- The rivermen -- Joe Gould's secret. A collection of literary portraits looks at waterfront workers, people on the Bowery, Mohawk Indians working on high structural steel, gypsies, itinerant preachers, and others. 20180417. American essays 20th century. New York (N.Y) Social life and customs Fiction. New York (N.Y) Social life and customs. New York (N.Y) Fiction. Short stories.