Struthers Burt (1882–1954)
Author of Philadelphia, holy experiment
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The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (2007) — Contributor — 27 copies
The Best Short Stories of 1915 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1915) — Contributor — 26 copies, 3 reviews
The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1919) — Contributor — 17 copies
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (2007) — Contributor — 17 copies
Great American Short Stories: O. Henry Memorial Prize Winning Stories, 1919-1934 (1935) — Contributor — 11 copies, 1 review
A Book of Princeton Verse, Volume I 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Burt, Maxwell Struthers
- Birthdate
- 1882-10-18
- Date of death
- 1954-08-29
- Gender
- male
- Education
- graduated Princeton University
- Occupations
- author
rancher - Organizations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1926)
- Relationships
- Burt, Katherine Newlin (wife)
Burt, Nathaniel (son) - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Places of residence
- Wyoming, USA
- Place of death
- Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Wyoming, USA
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Back from a stint in Arizona, a man gets into a discussion with his drinking buddies about the nature of bravery. Is it instinctual or is it conditioning? To illustrate, the Arizona man tells a story of love, where a woman’s husband and another who loves her trek out to the desert in search of gold. The husband is a boor, and jeopardizes their lives as well. And yet, the other man saves his life (instinctively!). And in a preview of many other stories, at the end his buddies figure out the show more Arizona man is telling a story about himself. show less
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- Rating
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