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Extractions: "O. Henry" (1862-1910) Born William Sidney Porter, this master of short stories is much better known under his pen name "O. Henry." He was born September 11, 1862 in North Carolina, where he spent his childhood. His only formal education was received at the school of his Aunt Lina, where he developed a lifelong love of books. In his uncle's pharmacy, he became a licensed pharmacist and was also known for his sketches and cartoons of the townspeople of Greensboro. At the age of twenty, Porter came to Texas primarily for health reasons, and worked on a sheep ranch and lived with the family of Richard M. Hall, whose family had close ties with the Porter family back in North Carolina. It was here that Porter gained a knowledge for ranch life that he later described in many of his short stories. In 1884, Porter moved to Austin. For the next three years, where he roomed in the home of the Joseph Harrell family and held several jobs. It was during this time that Porter first used his pen name, O. Henry, said to be derived from his frequent calling of "Oh, 'Henry'" the family cat. By 1887, Porter began working as a draftsman in the General Land Office, then headed by his old family friend, Richard Hall. In 1891 at the end of Hall's term at the Land Office, Porter resigned and became a teller with the First National Bank in Austin. After a few years, however, he left the bank and founded the
O. Henry (William Sydney Porter, 1862-1910) Browse links to resources on O. Henry's life and literary career, including texts of a number of his short stories. William Sydney Porter (18621910). William Sidney Porter. Who is "O. http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/o/ohenry19re.htm
O.Henry 1862-1910 O.Henry 18621910 American writer The life of O.Henry. O.Henry Literary Criticism;Biographies; O.Henry; O.Henry; William Sydney Porter; William Sidney Porter; http://www.english114.com/eds/edseli/text/text/Henry.htm
Extractions: O.Henry 1862-1910 American writer The life of O.Henry O.Henry encarta O.Henry Britannica Works Short Stories An Adjustment of Nature Montgomery After Twenty Years Montgomery The Cop and the Anthem Montgomery The Furnished Room Montgomery The Gentle Grafter pg Gift of the Magi litrix The Gift of the Magi auburn The Gift of the Magi Montgomery The Heart of the West pg Jimmy Hayes and Muriel Montgomery The Last Leaf Montgomery The Last of the Troubadours Montgomery Law and Order uvirginia The Love Philtre of Ikey Montgomery Makes the Whole World Kin Montgomery Memoirs Of A Yellow Dog Montgomery Options pg The Phonograph and the Graft The Naked word The Ransom of Red Chief Montgomery The Ransom of Red Chief A Retrieved Reformation Montgomery Roads of Destiny pg The Skylight Room Montgomery Strictly Business pg
O Henry Page William Sydney Porter. (aka William Sidney Porter). 18621910. William SydneyPorter was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on September 11, 1862. http://www.gritsonline.org/portraits/literary/authors/ohenry.html
Extractions: William Sydney Porter (a.k.a. William Sidney Porter) William Sydney Porter was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on September 11, 1862. His father was a doctor in the post-Civil War depression in the South. Growing up in Greensboro, Porter developed a love of books at the school run by his Aunt Lina. At the age of 15, he left the school to work in his uncle's pharmacy. While in Greensboro, he became known for his sketches and cartoons. At the age of 20, he moved to Texas and began working on a sheep ranch. Shortly thereafter, he moved to Houston, where he was a bank clerk, and then on to Austin, Texas. While in Austin, he held many jobs: from land office draftsman to teller for the First National Bank to founder, in 1884, of a humorous but unsuccessful weekly, The Rolling Stone, to columnist for the Houston Daily Post. In 1894, he was accused of embezzling cash from the First National Bank where he had worked years before. O. Henry fled to Honduras, leaving his wife and daughter in Austin. However, he returned to Austin the next year because of his wife's poor health and pending death. In 1897, he was convicted of embezzling the bank funds and sentenced to five years in a penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio.
O. Henry (1862-1910) American Writer - Classic Literature (18621910) American writer. Pseudonym of William Sydney Porter. O. Henry is known for his many short stories. short story writer William Sidney Porter, better known as O. Henry. William S. Porter "O. Henry" (1862-1910). "O. http://www.afroamlit.about.com/cs/ohenry
Extractions: "About a hundred years ago, a young North American named William Sydney Porter arrived in Honduras aboard a dilapidated freighter. He spent about a year in Honduras, dividing his time between Trujillo and Roatan. It was the time of the great "banana boom," and like so many other gringos who found themselves in Central America during that era, Porter had a shady past." Gift of the Magi, The
Extractions: [AKA: William Sidney Porter] An Adjustment of Nature(The O. Henry Internet Series) After Twenty Years(The O. Henry Internet Series) Babes In The Jungle(Project Gutenberg) A Bird Of Bagdad(Project Gutenberg) ... TXT 21 Kb - SL: TXT - EN: TXT The Girl And The Graft(Project Gutenberg) The Girl And The Habit(Project Gutenberg) The Gold That Glittered(Project Gutenberg) ... The Heart of the West (Gutenberg text) Jimmy Hayes and Muriel(The O. Henry Internet Series) The Last of the Troubadours (Southwestern Classics On-line) alt url The Last Leaf(The O. Henry Internet Series) ... (UVa) . Illustrations. (35 KB) A Little Talk About Mobs(Project Gutenberg) The Love Philtre of Ikey(The O. Henry Internet Series) Makes the Whole World Kin(The O. Henry Internet Series) Memoirs Of A Yellow Dog(The O. Henry Internet Series) ... Options (Gutenberg text) Out of Nazareth(Project Gutenberg) Past One At Rodney'S(Project Gutenberg) The Poet And The Peasant(Project Gutenberg) The Princess and the Puma(May 1999) ... Roads of Destiny (Gutenberg text) The Robe Of Peace(Project Gutenberg) Round The Circle(Project Gutenberg) The Rubber Plant's Story(Project Gutenberg) The Skylight Room(The O. Henry Internet Series)
ClassZone The Language Of Literature O. Henry (William Sydney Porter). William Sidney Porter (18621910). What were O. Henry's last words? http://www.classzone.com/lol/7/common/unit1/links_a.htm
The Gift Of The Magi By O. Henry Gift of the Magi by O. Henry. (18621910). O.Henry (William Sidney Porter), wasborn September 11, 1862 in North Carolina, where he spent his childhood. http://www.moseslake-online.com/stories/gift_of_the_magi.html
Extractions: Story Home A.T.T. Classifieds Adopt-Pets.Com ... Auctions Gift of the Magi by O. Henry O.Henry (William Sidney Porter), was born September 11, 1862 in North Carolina, where he spent his childhood. His only formal education was received at the school of his Aunt Lina, where he developed a lifelong love of books. In his uncle's pharmacy, he became a licensed pharmacist and was also known for his sketches and cartoons of the townspeople of Greensboro. At the age of twenty, Porter came to Texas primarily for health reasons, and worked on a sheep ranch and lived with the family of Richard M. Hall, whose family had close ties with the Porter family back in North Carolina. It was here that Porter gained a knowledge for ranch life that he later described in many of his short stories. In 1884, Porter moved to Austin. For the next three years, where he roomed in the home of the Joseph Harrell family and held several jobs. It was during this time that Porter first used his pen name, O. Henry, said to be derived from his frequent calling of "Oh, 'Henry'" the family cat. By 1887, Porter began working as a draftsman in the General Land Office, then headed by his old family friend, Richard Hall. In 1891 at the end of Hall's term at the Land Office, Porter resigned and became a teller with the First National Bank in Austin. After a few years, however, he left the bank and founded the
Stories, Listed By Author HENRY, O.; pseudonym of William Sidney Porter, (18621910) The Adventures ofShamrock Jolnes *Shamrock Jolnes, (ss) Sixes and Sevens, Garden City, NY http://contento.best.vwh.net/mags/s49.html
Extractions: Previous Table-of-Contents HENRY, O. ; pseudonym of William Sidney Porter After Twenty Years, (vi) , 1904 Calloway's Code, (ss) Whirligigs , Doubleday, 1910 Caught, (ss) The Clarion Call, (ss) The Cop and the Anthem, (ss) The Four Million , Doubleday, 1906 The Diamond of Kali, (ss) , 1896 Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet [*Jeff Peters], (ss) , 1908 The Last Leaf, (ss) The Gentle Grafter , Doubleday, 1908 The Mystery of the Rue de Peychaud, (ss) The Ransom of Red Chief, (ss)
Stories, Listed By Author HENRY, O.; pseudonym of William Sidney Porter, (18621910) Calloway'sCode, (ss) Whirligigs, Doubleday, 1910 Quickie Thrillers, ed http://contento.best.vwh.net/s110.html
Extractions: Previous Table-of-Contents HENDERSON, (Steven) DAN HENDERSON, GENE L. HENDERSON, WILLIAM J. Harry Borden's Naval Monster: A Ship of the Air, (ss) Joe Griffin's Great Jump, (ss) The Mutiny on the Swallow, (ss) (books) Angels Unawares [*People], (nv) Mar '66 Anything Box, (ss) Oct '56 SF:'57 , ed. Judith Merril, Gnome Press, 1957
Walking Tour Of Historic Greensboro Note the sign reading, In this store O. Henry (William Sidney Porter)18621910 was employed by uncle as drug clerk for five years. http://www.greensborolibrary.org/nc/stroll.htm
Extractions: (Click here for picture) THE PARK BESIDE THE UNITED STATES TRUST CENTER, O. HENRY STATUES In this small park are three statues commemorating William Sydney Porter, born in Greensboro in 1862, who became a great short story writer, using the pen name O. Henry. There is a statue of O. Henry, one depicting his famous short stories "Gift of the Magi" and "The Ransom of Red Chief," and one showing a dog. These sculptures were made by Maria J. Kirby-Smith in 1985, provided by the Southern Life Insurance Company, and presented by the O. Henry Festival, Inc. 217 AND 223 N. ELM STREET
PROJECT GUTENBERG - Catalog By Title - G Gift of the Magi, The AUTHOR Henry, O., 18621910 AKA William Sidney Porter, 1862-1910LANGUAGE English SUBJECT Fiction _ Short stories NOTES 1 PG ENTRY http://www.informika.ru/text/books/gutenb/gutind/TEMP/i-_g1.html
PROJECT GUTENBERG - Catalog By Title - V Voice of the City, The AUTHOR Henry, O., 18621910 AKA William Sidney Porter, 1862-1910LANGUAGE English SUBJECT Fiction _ Short stories NOTES 2 PG ENTRY http://www.informika.ru/text/books/gutenb/gutind/TEMP/i-_v2.html
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O. Henry [1862-1910] At Spirit Of America Bookstore Ayn Rand. William Sidney later spelled Sydney Porter was born11 September 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Under the pen http://www.genordell.com/stores/spirit/OHenry.htm
Extractions: W illiam Sidney [later spelled Sydney] Porter was born 11 September 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Under the pen name of 'O. Henry' he wrote nearly 300 short stories. He may not have invented the 'twist' ending, but his 'entertainments', with their irony and compassion and, some might say, old-fashioned sentiment, were and still are widely admired, and his reputation in American letters remains secure to this day, nearly a century later. H e left school at 15 to work, then at 19 moved to Texas, where he worked on a sheep ranch and breaking bronchosand other jobs. He moved to Austin, Texas in 1884, working at a land office and at a bank. In July of 1887, he eloped to marry beautiful Athol Estes; she bore him a son, who died within hours, then a daughter, Margaret in 1889. Irregularities discovered in his accounts at the bank in October 1894 caused him to flee, to Houston, where he worked at a newspaper. Imminent prosecution led him to flee again, leaving wife and child behind, to New Orleans and then to Honduras. H e returned to America in January 1897 upon learning that his wife was seriously ill, and soon after her death was convicted on a federal charge of embezzlement, although the government's case was weak. The three years and three months that he spent in prison in Ohio cast a shadow on his later life, and is cited as the reason for his pen name and for his insistence that his editors keep his identity secret.
Stories About Other Tramps Christmas Stocking, by O. Henry pen name of William Sidney Porter (18621910);this story appeared in the collection, Roads of Destiny, 1909 Drift from Two http://www.angelfire.com/folk/famoustramp/stories.html
Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking Dick's Christmas Stocking, by O. Henry pen name of William Sidney Porter (18621910);this story appeared in the collection, Roads of Destiny, 1909 It was http://www.angelfire.com/folk/famoustramp/henry.html
Extractions: It was with much caution that Whistling Dick slid back the door of the box-car, for Article 5716, City Ordinances, authorized (perhaps unconstitutionally) arrest on suspicion, and he was familiar of old with this ordinance. So, before climbing out, he surveyed the field with all the care of a good general. Whistling Dick's red head popped suddenly back into the car. A sight too imposing and magnificent for his gaze had been added to the scene. A vast, incomparable policeman rounded a pile of rice sacks and stood within twenty yards of the car. The daily miracle of the dawn, now being performed above Algiers, received the flattering attention of this specimen of municipal official splendor. He gazed with unbiased dignity at the faintly glowing colors until, at last, he turned to them his broad back, as if convinced that legal interference was not needed, and the sunrise might proceed unchecked. So he turned his face to the rice bags, and, drawing a flat flask from an inside pocket, he placed it to his lips and regarded the firmament. Whistling Dick, professional tramp, possessed a half-friendly acquaintance with this officer. They had met several times before on the levee at night, for the officer, himself a lover of music, had been attracted by the exquisite whistling of the shiftless vagabond. Still, he did not care, under the present circumstances, to renew the acquaintance. There is a difference between meeting a policeman upon a lonely wharf and whistling a few operatic airs with him, and being caught by him crawling out of a freight-car. So Dick waited, as even a New Orleans policeman must move on some timeperhaps it is a retributive law of natureand before long "Big Fritz" majestically disappeared between the trains of cars.
Inventory Of The Garber Letter Collection Porter, RP (18521917) ALS, 2 p., 8 vo., March 18, ny, Norfolk, toMr. McChutoch. Porter, William Sidney (1862-1910) American Author. http://www.cwru.edu/UL/SpecColl/Garber/letterp.htm
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O. Henry (1862-1910) American Writer - Classic Literature house museum, home of the famous short story writer William Sidney Porter, betterknown as O. Henry. William S. Porter O. Henry (18621910) O. Henry wrote http://classiclit.about.com/cs/ohenry/index.htm
Extractions: "About a hundred years ago, a young North American named William Sydney Porter arrived in Honduras aboard a dilapidated freighter. He spent about a year in Honduras, dividing his time between Trujillo and Roatan. It was the time of the great "banana boom," and like so many other gringos who found themselves in Central America during that era, Porter had a shady past." Gift of the Magi, The
About Life is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavor of life until he has known poverty,love, and war. O. Henry (William Sidney Porter, 18621910), US writer. http://www.gurubooks.com/imode/life/life16.html
