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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aFord, Sewell,
_d1868-1946
245 1 0 _aOdd Numbers :
_bBeing Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2008-09-04
505 0 _aGoliah and the purple lid -- How Maizie came through -- Where Spotty fitted in -- A grandmother who got going -- A long shot on DeLancey -- Playing Harold both ways -- Cornelia shows some class -- Doping out an odd one -- Handing Bobby a blank -- Marmaduke slips one over -- A look in on the goat game -- Mrs. Truckles' broad jump -- Heiney takes the gloom cure -- A try-out for Toodleism -- The case of the Tiscotts -- Classing Tutwater right -- How Hermy put it over -- Joy riding with aunty -- Turning a trick for Beany.
508 _aE-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net)
520 _a"Odd Numbers" by Sewell Ford is a comedic novel written in the early 20th century. The book serves as a sequel to "Shorty McCabe" and features the continuing escapades of the main character, Shorty McCabe, who navigates the colorful and quirky landscape of New York City. Throughout the story, readers are introduced to a variety of eccentric characters and humorous situations, which highlight the absurdities of urban life. At the start of the book, we meet Shorty McCabe, who reflects on his encounters with lost tourists in New York City while observing an outrageous hat in a millinery shop. The scene within the hat shop introduces us to Goliah Daggett, an endearing but socially inept man from Iowa, who is on a mission to buy a hat for his deceased wife, Marthy. Daggett's poignant story unveils his emotional attachment to this gesture, revealing a mix of humor and sentimentality as he seeks a hat reminiscent of what his wife might have desired. This odd premise sets the stage for the humorous misadventures that follow in the bustling and whimsical world surrounding Shorty and his companions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aNew York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
653 _aHumorous stories, American
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26528
999 _c67457
_d67457