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Nonfiction · 1920

A Straight Deal

Or, The Ancient Grudge

Owen Wister

Reading time
about 3.5 h
Length
45,645 words · 171 pages
Structure
19 chapters · 1 front-matter section
Language
English
Era
Modern

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Contents

  1. Epigraph
  2. Chapter I — Concerning One’s Letter Box
  3. Chapter II — What the Postman Brought
  4. Chapter III — In Front of a Bulletin Board
  5. Chapter IV — “My Army of Spies”
  6. Chapter V — The Ancient Grudge
  7. Chapter VI — Who Is Without Sin?
  8. Chapter VII — Tarred with the Same Stick
  9. Chapter VIII — History Astigmatic
  10. Chapter IX — Concerning a Complex
  11. Chapter X — Jackstraws
  12. Chapter XI — Some Family Scraps
  13. Chapter XII — On the Ragged Edge
  14. Chapter XIII — Benefits Forgot
  15. Chapter XIV — England the Slacker!
  16. Chapter XV — Rude Britannia, Crude Columbia
  17. Chapter XVI — An International Imposture
  18. Chapter XVII — Paint
  19. Chapter XVIII — The Will to Friendship—or the Will to Hate?
  20. Chapter XIX — Lion and Cub

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Owen Wister

1860–1938 · Modern

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