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The first liar never has a chance : Curly, Jack, and Bill (& other characters of the hills, brush, and plains) / Jim Garry.
LIBRA - Special F596 .G37 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garry, Jim.
- Series:
- Library of the American West
- The library of the American West
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- West (U.S.)--Social life and customs--Anecdotes.
- West (U.S.).
- Folklore--West (U.S.).
- Folklore.
- Manners and customs.
- West United States.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 178 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crown Publishers, [1994]
- Summary:
- The title refers to the first law of storytelling: whenever folks gather to swap tales, the first liar never has a chance. No matter how amazing and outrageous that first story might be, you can bet the next teller will top it with a tale that's wilder and stranger still.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0517588153
- 9780517588154
- OCLC:
- 29952028
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