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Claremont Colleges - Fall 2012 | ||
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Before the Deluge: Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s, A (Reprint Edition) by Otto Friedrich, Gerd Korman Paperback, 464 Pages, Published 1995 ISBN-10: 0-06-092679-1 / 0060926791 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-092679-3 / 9780060926793 The Birds of Berlin PROLOGUE Therefore let us found a city here And call it "Mahagonny," Which means "city of nets." . . . It should be like a net Stretched out for edible birds. Everywhere there is toil and trouble But here we'll have fun .... Gin and whiskey, Girls and boys . . . And the big typho |