![]() ![]() ![]() Henry’s short stories, including such enduringly popular tales as “The Ransom of Red Chief,” in which a ten-year-old boy proves to be more than a match for his bungling kidnappers, and “The Cop and the Anthem,” about a down-on-his-luck hobo desperately trying to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a warm cell.Īmong other highlights are several of his Honduras stories, drawn from Porter’s experiences in Central America while on the run from the law adventures of the sardonic embezzler Jeff Peters and his scam-artist colleagues and tales of the Texas range like “The Caballero’s Way,” which introduces the murderous desperado the Cisco Kid.Īt the heart of the collection are Porter’s vivid New York stories. Selected and expertly annotated by journalist and biographer Ben Yagoda, here are 101 of O. This Library of America volume offers a fresh look at his singular literary genius. Henry’s palette of moods and methods was broad, as expansive as his exuberant imagination. Though he is most famous today for the beloved tale “The Gift of the Magi,” O. Henry, was one of the world’s great storytellers, a master of cunning plots that unfold with propulsive narrative force and a gifted humorist who ranks among the best in our literature. ![]() William Sidney Porter, better known by his pen name, O. ![]()
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