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\u201c[Chicago:] An October sort of city even in spring.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Nelson Algren<\/b>, American author<\/p>\n

\u201cChicago: City on the Make\u201d (1951) Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co.\/At the Country Life Press, p. 86<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1449531589281-1a7ccd5f-aa59094f-cf6345d5-37d6″][vc_column_text]\n

Misquote note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: This quote often appears as \u201cChicago is an October sort of city even in the spring<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d Although Algren is clearly referencing Chicago in the book, the word \u2018Chicago\u2019 – and the word \u201cthe\u201d – do not actually appear in his original sentence.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf6345d5-37d6″][vc_column_text]\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Book-length essay on Chicago]:<\/p>\n

\u201cAn October sort of city even in spring.<\/span> With somebody\u2019s washing always whipping, in smoky October colors off the third-floor rear by that same wind that drives the yellowing comic strips down all the gutters that lead away from home.\u201d (p. 86)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf6345d5-37d6″][vc_column_text]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library – Chicago: City on the Make<\/em> (1951) Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) No. 916544308<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc45d5-37d6″][vc_column_text]\n

\u201cLife is hard by the yard, son. But you don\u2019t have to do it by the yard. By the inch it\u2019s a cinch.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Nelson Algren<\/b>, American author<\/p>\n

\u00a0A Walk on the Wild Side<\/em> (1956) Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998 [first paperback edition] p. 312<\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fiction \u2013 Chapter three – ‘Cross-Country Kline’ to ‘Dove Linkhorn.’ ]\n

\u201cBut blow wise to this, buddy, blow wise to this: Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom\u2019s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own. Never let nobody talk you into shaking another man\u2019s jolt. And never you cop another man\u2019s plea. I\u2019ve tried \u2018em all and I know. They don\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

Life is hard by the yard, son. But you don\u2019t have to do it by the yard. By the inch it\u2019s a cinch.<\/span> And money can\u2019t buy everything. For example: poverty.\u201d (p. 312)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c45d5-37d6″][vc_column_text]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Editor\u2019s copy – A Walk on the Wild Side<\/em> (1956|1998 Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1st paperback ed.) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-374-52532-3<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e45d5-37d6″][vc_column_text]\n

\u201cNever play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom\u2019s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Nelson Algren<\/b>, American author<\/p>\n

\u00a0A Walk on the Wild Side<\/em> (1956) Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998 [first paperback edition] p. 312<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1453315828190-b4d7b461-d58d45d5-37d6″][vc_column_text]\n

Misquote note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: A quick Internet check reveals that there are more than a few hybrid varieties of Algren\u2019s \u201cNever play cards\u201d advice in circulation today. Two of the most frequent quotation mistakes: A change the order of the advice, and a switch from Algren\u2019s \u201csleep with a woman<\/strong> whose troubles are greater than your own\u201d to \u201cgo to bed<\/strong> with a woman<\/strong> whose troubles are greater than your own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Original A Walk on the Wild Side text<\/em>:<\/span> \u201cNever play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom\u2019s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Misquote\/paraphrase<\/em><\/span>: \u201cNever eat at a place called Mom\u2019s. Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never got to bed<\/strong> with a woman whose troubles are greater than your own<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf45d5-37d6″][vc_column_text]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fiction \u2013 Chapter three – ‘Cross-Country Kline’ to ‘Dove Linkhorn.’ ]\n

\u201cBut blow wise to this, buddy, blow wise to this: Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom\u2019s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.<\/span> Never let nobody talk you into shaking another man\u2019s jolt. And never you cop another man\u2019s plea. I\u2019ve tried \u2018em all and I know. They don\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

Life is hard by the yard, son. But you don\u2019t have to do it by the yard. By the inch it\u2019s a cinch. And money can\u2019t buy everything. For example: poverty.\u201d (p. 312)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e045d5-37d6″][vc_column_text]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Editor\u2019s copy – A Walk on the Wild Side<\/em> (1956|1998 Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1st paperback ed.) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-374-52532-3<\/p>\n

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Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Nelson Algren<\/strong><\/span> | Here are a few good places to find out more –<\/p>\n