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O. Henry stories : the American scene as depicted by the master of short stories / special introduction by Harry Golden.
LIBRA PS2649.P5 O3 1962
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henry, O., 1862-1910, author.
- Series:
- Platt & Munk great writers collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- United States.
- Short stories.
- Young Adult Books.
- Manners and customs.
- Local Subjects:
- Young Adult Books.
- Genre:
- Novels.
- novels.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 479 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Platt & Munk, [1962]
- Summary:
- A collection of 35 stories by William Sidney Porter, whose hallmark as a master story-teller is the surprise ending.
- Contents:
- The ransom of Red Chief
- The cop and the anthem
- The gift of the magi
- After twenty years
- A retrieved reformation
- One dollar's worth
- The skylight room
- From the cabby's seat
- The theory and the hound
- The atavism of John Tom Little Bear
- Jimmy Hayes and Muriel
- Hygeia at the Solito
- Hearts and hands
- A blackjack bargainer
- A chaparral Christmas gift
- Two Thanksgiving Day gentlemen
- The reformation of Calliope
- Out of Nazareth
- A call loan
- The green door
- Hearts and crosses
- The adventures of Shamrock Jolnes
- The passing of Black Eagle
- The caliph and the cad
- Friends in San Rosario
- The whirligig of life
- Whistling Dick's Christmas stocking
- Mammon and the archer
- The pimienta pancakes
- The last leaf
- A departmental case
- Vanity and some sables
- Bexar scrip no. 2692
- The ransom of Mack
- The caliph, Cupid, and the clock.
- Notes:
- "Each story complete."
- Local Notes:
- Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Henry, O., 1862-1910. O. Henry stories.
- OCLC:
- 965014
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