JR - Opening

-- Money ... ? in a voice that rustled
-- Paper, yes.
-- And we'd never seen it. Paper money.
-- We never saw paper money till we came east.
-- It looked so strange the first time we saw it. Lifeless.
-- You couldn't believe it was worth a thing.
-- Not after Father jingling his change.
-- Those were silver dollars.

J
R

BY

WILLIAM
GADDIS

ELISABETH SIFTON BOOKS
PENGUIN BOOKS

Portions of this book were first published in The Dutton Review,
Antaeus, and Harper's magazine, June 195 issue.
The author wishes to acknowledge assistance given him toward
the completion of his work by the Rockefeller Foundation and
the National Endowment for the Arts.

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