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First-prize stories, 1919-1954, from the O. Henry memorial awards. / Introduction by Harry Hansen.
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, American.
- Genre:
- Short stories, American.
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 495 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm
- Manufacture:
- Garden City, N.Y. : Printed in the United States at the Country Life Press.
- Place of Publication:
- Garden City, N.Y. : Hanover House, [1954]
- Contents:
- 1919: England to America / Margaret Prescott Montague
- 1920: Each in his generation / Maxwell Struthers Burt
- 1921: The heart of little Shikara / Edison Marshall
- 1922: Snake doctor / Irvin S. Cobb
- 1923: Prelude / Edgar Valentine Smith
- 1924: The spring flight / Inez Haynes Irwin
- 1925: Mr. Bisbee's princess / Julian Street
- 1926: Bubbles / Wilbur Daniel Steele
- 1927: Child of god / Roark Bradford
- 1926: The parrot / Walte Duranty
- 1929: Big blonde / Dorothy Parker
- 1930: Dressing-up / W.R. Burnett
- 1931: Can't cross Jordan by myself / Wilbur Daniel Steele.
- 1932: An end to dreams / Stephen Vincent Benet
- 1933: Gal young un / Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- 1934: No more trouble for Jedwick / Louise Paul
- 1935: The white horses of Vienna / Kay Boyle
- 1936: Total stranger / James Gould Cozzens
- 1937: The devil and Daniel Webster / Stephen Vincent Benet
- 1938: The happiest man on earth / Albert Maltz
- 1939: Barn burning / William Faulkner
- 1940: Freedom's a hard-bought thing / Stephen Vincent Benet
- 1941: Defeat / Kay Boyle
- 1942: The wide net / Eudora Welty
- 1943: Livvie is back / Eudora Welty
- 1944: Walking wounded / Irwin Shaw
- 1945: The wind and the snow of winter / Walter Van Tilburg Clark
- 1946: Bird song / John Mayo Goss
- 1947: The white circle / John Bell CLayton
- 1948: Shut a final door / Truman Capote
- 1949: A courtship / WIlliam Faulkner
- 1950: The blue-winged teal / Wallace Stegner
- 1951: The hunters / Harris Downey
- 1954: The Indian feather / Thomas Mabry.
- Notes:
- "Copyright, 1954, by Doubleday & Company, Inc."
- "We have here not only a unique collection of stories that have proved enjoyable and profitable reading but that likewise give you a chance to see how fashions in storytelling have changed."--Introduction.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: First-prize stories, 1919-1954.
- OCLC:
- 1635071
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