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searchaux" style="display:none">1949 novel by Nelson Algren</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size:125%; font-style:italic; padding-bottom:0.2em;">The Man with the Golden Arm <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Man+with+the+Golden+Arm&rft.author=%5B%5BNelson+Algren%5D%5D&rft.place=United+States&rft.pages=343+pp&rft_id=info:oclcnum/565975"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:ManWithTheGoldenArm.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fa/ManWithTheGoldenArm.JPG/220px-ManWithTheGoldenArm.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="321" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/ManWithTheGoldenArm.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="261" data-file-height="381" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">First edition</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nelson_Algren" title="Nelson Algren">Nelson Algren</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cover artist</th><td class="infobox-data">'Karov'</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Published</th><td class="infobox-data">1949 <a href="/wiki/Doubleday_(publisher)" title="Doubleday (publisher)">Doubleday</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media type</th><td class="infobox-data">Print (hardback)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">343 pp</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)"><abbr title="Online Computer Library Center number">OCLC</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/565975">565975</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/LCC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCC (identifier)"><abbr title="Library of Congress Classification">LC Class</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data">PS3501.L4625</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Man with the Golden Arm</b></i> is a novel by <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Algren" title="Nelson Algren">Nelson Algren</a>, published by <a href="/wiki/Doubleday_(publisher)" title="Doubleday (publisher)">Doubleday</a> in November 1949. One of the seminal novels of post-World War II American letters, <i>The Man with the Golden Arm</i> is widely considered Algren's greatest and most enduring work. It won the <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Award" title="National Book Award">National Book Award</a> in 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-nba1950_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba1950-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The novel details the trials and hardships of illicit card dealer "Frankie Machine", along with an assortment of colorful characters, on Chicago's Near Northwest Side. A veteran of World War II, Frankie struggles to stabilize his personal life while trying to make ends meet and fight a growing addiction to morphine. Much of the story takes place during the immediate postwar period along <a href="/wiki/Division_Street_(Chicago)" title="Division Street (Chicago)">Division Street</a> and <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Avenue_(Chicago)" title="Milwaukee Avenue (Chicago)">Milwaukee Avenue</a> in the old <a href="/wiki/Polish_Downtown_(Chicago)" title="Polish Downtown (Chicago)">Polish Downtown</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot_summary">Plot summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Man_with_the_Golden_Arm_(novel)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The events of the novel take place between 1946 and 1948, primarily on the Near Northwest Side of Chicago. The title character is Francis Majcinek, known as "Frankie Machine," a young man of about 30 who is a gifted card dealer and an amateur drummer. While serving in World War II, Frankie is treated for shrapnel in his abdomen and medicated with morphine. He develops an addiction to the drug, although initially in the story he believes he can control his habit. </p><p>Frankie lives in a small apartment on <a href="/wiki/Division_Street_(Chicago)" title="Division Street (Chicago)">Division Street</a> in a Polish neighborhood with his wife, Sophie (nicknamed "Zosh"). Sophie has been using a wheelchair since a drunk-driving incident caused by Frankie (although the novel implies that her paralysis is psychological in nature). She spends most of her time looking out the window and watching the nearby <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_West_Side_Elevated_Railroad" title="Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad">elevated rail line</a>. She takes out her frustrations by fighting with her husband, and she uses his guilt to keep him from leaving her. The turmoil in their relationship only spurs on his addiction. </p><p>Frankie works nights dealing in backroom card games operated by "Zero" Schwiefka. He aspires to join the <a href="/wiki/American_Federation_of_Musicians" title="American Federation of Musicians">Musicians' Union</a> and work with jazz drummer <a href="/wiki/Gene_Krupa" title="Gene Krupa">Gene Krupa</a>, but this dream never materializes. His constant companion and protégé is Solly "Sparrow" Saltskin, a feeble-minded half-Jewish thief who specializes in stealing and selling dogs; Frankie gets Sparrow a job as a "steerer," watching the door to the card games and drawing in gamblers. </p><p>Often referring to his drug habit as the "thirty-five-pound <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/monkey_on_one%27s_back" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:monkey on one's back">monkey on his back</a>," Frankie initially tries to keep Sparrow and the others in the dark about it. He sends Sparrow away whenever he visits "Nifty Louie" Fomorowski, his supplier. One night, while fighting in a back stairwell, Frankie inadvertently kills Nifty Louie. He and Sparrow attempt to cover up his role in the murder. </p><p>Meanwhile, Frankie begins an affair with a childhood friend, "Molly-O" Novotny, after her abusive husband is arrested. Molly helps Frankie fight his addiction, but they soon become separated when Frankie is imprisoned for shoplifting and she moves out of the neighborhood. Without Molly, he begins using drugs again when he is released. </p><p>Nifty Louie owed money to politically connected men, and finding his killer becomes a priority for the police department. Sparrow is held for questioning by the police, and he is moved from station to station to circumvent <i><a href="/wiki/Habeas_corpus" title="Habeas corpus">habeas corpus</a></i> requirements. Eventually he breaks down and reveals what he knows, and Frankie is forced to flee. </p><p>While on the run, Frankie manages to find Molly at a strip club near <a href="/wiki/Lake_Street_(Chicago)" title="Lake Street (Chicago)">Lake Street</a>. He hides in her apartment and beats his addiction, but in the end the authorities learn where he is hiding. He barely manages to escape and gets shot in the foot, leaving Molly behind. He flees to a <a href="/wiki/Flophouse" title="Flophouse">flophouse</a>, but without any hope of reuniting with Molly or staying free, he hangs himself in his room on <a href="/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day" title="April Fools' Day">April Fools' Day</a>, 1948. </p><p>The novel ends with a transcript of the coroner's inquest, as well as a poem for Frankie entitled "Epitaph." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Man_with_the_Golden_Arm_(novel)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Algren began writing the novel after (much like his protagonist) returning from World War II, and he originally intended to write a war novel.<sup id="cite_ref-Paris_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paris-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The part of Chicago he lived in served as the backdrop for the story.<sup id="cite_ref-Reader_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reader-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He originally intended the title to be <i>Night Without Mercy</i>, but the publisher preferred a less ominous title.<sup id="cite_ref-sevenstories_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sevenstories-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Algren stated that "golden arm" originated as a term frequently used by a "little Italian <a href="/wiki/Bookmaker" title="Bookmaker">bookie</a>... I knew in the Army."<sup id="cite_ref-Paris_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paris-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the novel's publication, a version of its concluding poem, "Epitaph: The Man with the Golden Arm", was released in the September 1947 issue of <i>Poetry</i> (New York: Modern Poetry Association). </p><p>The first draft of the story did not include the topic of drug addiction. Algren later recalled, "I’d sent the book to the agent, and the agent said she liked it and all that, but it needed a <i>peg</i>, it didn’t seem to be hung on anything." While considering what to do, he went out for drinks with a friend who later revealed that he was an <a href="/wiki/Intravenous_drug_abuse" class="mw-redirect" title="Intravenous drug abuse">intravenous drug user</a>. This inspired Algren to incorporate drug use into the novel.<sup id="cite_ref-Paris_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paris-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Man_with_the_Golden_Arm_(novel)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Annual <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Award#History" title="National Book Award">National Book Awards were re-established in 1950</a> by the American book industry, recognizing books in three categories published in the United States during 1949. Nelson Algren and <i>The Man With the Golden Arm</i> won the Fiction award<sup id="cite_ref-nba1950_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba1950-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is sometimes called "the first <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Fiction" title="National Book Award for Fiction">National Book Award for Fiction</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former first lady <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt" title="Eleanor Roosevelt">Eleanor Roosevelt</a> made the presentation.<sup id="cite_ref-history_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt1950_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1950-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The novel is widely considered a classic of twentieth-century American literature. </p><p>Writing of Algren and the novel, <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut" title="Kurt Vonnegut">Kurt Vonnegut</a> stated that "he was a pioneering ancestor of mine... He broke new ground by depicting persons said to be dehumanized by poverty and ignorance and injustice as being genuinely dehumanized, and dehumanized quite permanently."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlgren2011369[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidw2nPJl9OJLACpgPA369_5._Algren_as_I_Knew_Him_]_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAlgren2011369[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidw2nPJl9OJLACpgPA369_5._Algren_as_I_Knew_Him_]-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Poet <a href="/wiki/Carl_Sandburg" title="Carl Sandburg">Carl Sandburg</a> praised the novel's "strange midnight dignity."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a 1949 letter to Algren, <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway" title="Ernest Hemingway">Ernest Hemingway</a> provided the following review of the novel (which Doubleday chose not to include in its marketing): </p> <blockquote><p>Into a world of letters where we have the fading <a href="/wiki/William_Faulkner" title="William Faulkner">Faulkner</a> and that overgrown <a href="/wiki/Li%27l_Abner" title="Li'l Abner">Li'l Abner</a> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wolfe" title="Thomas Wolfe">Thomas Wolfe</a> casts a shorter shadow every day, Algren comes like a <a href="/wiki/Corvette" title="Corvette">corvette</a> or even a big <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a>... Algren can hit with both hands and move around and he will kill you if you are not awfully careful... Mr. Algren, boy, you are good.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In his 1981 obituary for Algren, Chicago newspaper columnist <a href="/wiki/Mike_Royko" title="Mike Royko">Mike Royko</a>, who grew up near Division Street, recalled first reading the book while serving in the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>. "It was the first time I had read a novel that was set in a place I knew. And Algren, with <i>The Man with the Golden Arm</i>, had captured it. He had the people, the sounds, the alleys, the streets, the feel of the place."<sup id="cite_ref-Royko_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Royko-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The novel was controversial at the time, and it did receive some critical reviews. In a 1956 article for <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i> entitled "The Man with the Golden Beef," <a href="/wiki/Norman_Podhoretz" title="Norman Podhoretz">Norman Podhoretz</a> was critical of what he saw as the glorification of the <a href="/wiki/Underclass" title="Underclass">underclass</a> at the expense of respectable society.<sup id="cite_ref-Ward_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ward-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This sentiment was shared by <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Fiedler" title="Leslie Fiedler">Leslie Fiedler</a> in an article on Algren's writings for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Reporter_(magazine)" title="The Reporter (magazine)">The Reporter</a></i> entitled "The Noble Savages of Skid Row."<sup id="cite_ref-Ward_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ward-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lipton_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lipton-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Like Algren's previous novel, <i>Never Come Morning</i>, <i>The Man with the Golden Arm</i> drew fire from leaders of <a href="/wiki/Poles_in_Chicago" title="Poles in Chicago">Chicago's Polish community</a>, who criticized the portrayal of their community in the story.<sup id="cite_ref-Reader_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reader-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Royko wrote of these critics, "They believed that... Algren was presenting them in a poor light. I guess they would have preferred that he write a novel about a Polish dentist who changed his name and moved from the old neighborhood to a suburb as soon as he made enough money."<sup id="cite_ref-Royko_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Royko-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Film_adaptation">Film adaptation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Man_with_the_Golden_Arm_(novel)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Film adaptation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Man_with_the_Golden_Arm" title="The Man with the Golden Arm">The Man with the Golden Arm</a></div> <p>In 1955, the book was made into a film directed by <a href="/wiki/Otto_Preminger" title="Otto Preminger">Otto Preminger</a> and starring <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a>. Though author Nelson Algren was initially brought to Hollywood to work on the screenplay, he was quickly replaced by <a href="/wiki/Walter_Newman_(screenwriter)" title="Walter Newman (screenwriter)">Walter Newman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Reader_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reader-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TCM_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCM-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Algren felt negatively about his experiences in Hollywood, the lack of compensation he received, and the liberties taken by the filmmakers (which included an entirely different ending from the novel).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When photographer and friend <a href="/wiki/Art_Shay" title="Art Shay">Art Shay</a> asked Algren to pose below the film's <a href="/wiki/Marquee_(sign)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marquee (sign)">marquee</a>, he is reported to have said "What does that movie have to do with me?";<sup id="cite_ref-Reader_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reader-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chicagoist_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chicagoist-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on another occasion Algren commented about the movie that "Sinatra shook heroin like he shook a summer cold".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Man_with_the_Golden_Arm_(novel)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Officially the awards are simply "National Book Awards" in multiple categories; "for Fiction" and so one are not part of the name. The same was true in 1950 and for the pre-war awards, in 1936 to 1942 for previous year's publications anywhere in the world. Some pre-war award categories were Most Distinguished Novel, later Favorite Fiction; Most Original Book, which might be fiction; and Bookseller Discovery, which might be fiction. See <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Award#History" title="National Book Award">National Book Award history</a> and its links.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Man_with_the_Golden_Arm_(novel)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-nba1950-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nba1950_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nba1950_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1950">"National Book Awards – 1950"</a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Foundation" title="National Book Foundation">National Book Foundation</a>. 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National Book Foundation: About Us. Retrieved 13 July 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt1950-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nyt1950_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-limited" title="Free access subject to limited trial, subscription normally required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1950/03/17/archives/book-publishers-make-3-awards-nelson-algren-dr-ralph-l-rusk-and-dr.html">"BOOK PUBLISHERS MAKE 3 AWARDS; Nelson Algren, Dr. Ralph L. Rusk and Dr. W.C. Williams Receive Gold Plaques Special Mention Awards"</a></span>. Arts. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. 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In Rovit, Earl; Waldhorn, Arthur (eds.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9zRLAq6eBS4C"><i>Hemingway and Faulkner in Their Time</i></a> (2nd ed.). <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, United States of America: <a href="/wiki/Continuum_International_Publishing_Group" title="Continuum International Publishing Group">Continuum International Publishing Group</a>. p. 136. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780826418258" title="Special:BookSources/9780826418258"><bdi>9780826418258</bdi></a> – via <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=4.+Other+Voices+%5BNelson+Algren+%281909-1981%29%5D&rft.btitle=Hemingway+and+Faulkner+in+Their+Time&rft.place=New+York+City%2C+New+York%2C+United+States+of+America&rft.pages=136&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Continuum+International+Publishing+Group&rft.date=2006-03-31&rft.isbn=9780826418258&rft.aulast=Algren&rft.aufirst=Nelson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D9zRLAq6eBS4C%26pg%3DPA136&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Man+with+the+Golden+Arm+%28novel%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Royko-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Royko_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Royko_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoyko1981" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Royko" title="Mike Royko">Royko, Michael</a> (13 May 1981). <a href="/wiki/James_F._Hoge_Jr." title="James F. 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The Con Within the Con". <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.archive.org/details/conversationswit00nels"><i>Conversations with Nelson Algren</i></a></span> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (4th ed.). <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, United States of America: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Press" title="University of Chicago Press">University of Chicago Press</a>. pp. 101–128. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-226-01383-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-226-01383-1"><bdi>978-0-226-01383-1</bdi></a> – via <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=PART+II%3A+Algren+Vs.+Hollywood%3A+Chapter+4.+The+Con+Within+the+Con&rft.btitle=Conversations+with+Nelson+Algren&rft.place=Chicago%2C+Illinois%2C+United+States+of+America&rft.pages=101-128&rft.edition=4th&rft.pub=University+of+Chicago+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-0-226-01383-1&rft.aulast=Donohue&rft.aufirst=H.E.F.&rft.au=Algren%2C+Nelson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.archive.org%2Fdetails%2Fconversationswit00nels&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Man+with+the+Golden+Arm+%28novel%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Chicagoist-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Chicagoist_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCaplan2009" class="citation interview cs1">Caplan, Michael (18 May 2009). 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