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O. Henry is the pen name of William Sidney Porter, who was born on September 11, 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Porter was a licensed pharmacist and worked on a sheep ranch in Texas. He was a draftsman for the General Land Office and a teller for the First National Bank of Texas. He was convicted of embezzlement and eventually served five years in prison. While in prison, he began writing short stories under his pseudonym and eventually wrote over 300. As O. Henry, Porter is one of America's best known writers, and his stories, such as "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Ransom of Red Chief", are still taught in schools. In 1918, the O. Henry Awards, an annual anthology of short stories, was established in his honor. Porter died on June 5, 1910. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Gift of the Magi… (more)
The Gift of the Magi 2,010 copies, 43 reviews
The Complete Works of O. Henry 975 copies, 11 reviews
Selected Stories of O. Henry 846 copies, 5 reviews
Stories 469 copies, 4 reviews
41 Stories (Signet Classics) 445 copies, 5 reviews
100 Selected Stories 438 copies, 2 reviews
The Four Million 411 copies, 6 reviews
Tales of O. Henry 404 copies, 1 review
Heart of the West 377 copies, 8 reviews
Collected Stories of O. Henry 374 copies, 1 review
Cabbages and Kings 304 copies, 1 review
The Gift of the Magi 285 copies, 15 reviews
The Wild West 216 copies
The Gentle Grafter 169 copies, 1 review
Roads of destiny 156 copies, 4 reviews
Sixes and sevens 151 copies, 1 review
The trimmed lamp 141 copies, 2 reviews
Options 131 copies, 3 reviews
Whirligigs 130 copies
Rolling Stones 115 copies
The Ransom of Red Chief 114 copies, 5 reviews
101 Stories {Folio Society} 114 copies, 2 reviews
Holiday Classics by O. Henry 63 copies, 3 reviews
Best Loved Short Stories 62 copies, 2 reviews
The Last Leaf 61 copies, 1 review
21 Essential American Short Stories (Contributor) 21 copies, 1 review
Historias de Nueva York 21 copies, 2 reviews
Selected Works 20 copies
Classic American Short Stories [2016] (Contributor) 11 copies, 3 reviews
Mr American Stories Adv 10 copies, 1 review
The Best of O. Henry 10 copies, 1 review
Postscripts 9 copies
Verhalen 7 copies
After twenty years 7 copies, 1 review
O. Henryana 6 copies, 1 review
One Thousand Dollars 5 copies, 2 reviews
O. HENRY a la Carte 4 copies, 1 review
Hearts and Hands [short story] 4 copies, 2 reviews
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A Blackjack Bargainer 4 copies, 1 review
The Best of O. Henry 4 copies, 1 review
The Pendulum 4 copies
The Man Higher Up 3 copies, 1 review
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Law and Order 3 copies
The Coming-Out Of Maggie 3 copies, 1 review
Best seller 3 copies
The Sleuths 3 copies
Tobin's Palm 3 copies
O. Henry 3 copies
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101 Stories {unspecified edition} (Author) 2 copies, 1 review
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The Memento 2 copies
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The Dream 2 copies
"Girl" 2 copies
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[No title] 1 copy
Cuentos 1 copy
Stories of O.Henry 1 copy, 1 review
Contos 1 copy
KAKTÜS 1 copy
Racconti 1 copy
New Yrokers 1 copy, 1 review
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Dicky 1 copy
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Shoes 1 copy
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An Apology 1 copy
Smith 1 copy
By Courier 1 copy
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50 Great Short Stories (Contributor) 1,200 copies, 7 reviews
The Oxford Book of Short Stories (Contributor) 501 copies, 4 reviews
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature (Contributor) 485 copies, 8 reviews
Great American Short Stories (Contributor) 484 copies, 2 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (Contributor) 441 copies, 7 reviews
Fifty Great American Short Stories (Contributor) 415 copies, 3 reviews
The Spy's Bedside Book (Contributor) 338 copies, 1 review
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (Contributor) 327 copies, 4 reviews
A Treasury of Short Stories (Contributor) 286 copies
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (Contributor) 272 copies, 4 reviews
Extraordinary Tales (Contributor) 262 copies, 7 reviews
The Treasury of American Short Stories (Contributor) 262 copies, 1 review
The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries (Contributor) 260 copies, 8 reviews
Christmas Stories 241 copies, 1 review
100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories (Contributor) 203 copies, 1 review
The Penguin Book of American Short Stories (Contributor) 184 copies, 1 review
Stories to Remember {complete} (Contributor) 181 copies, 2 reviews
The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime (Contributor) 176 copies, 6 reviews
The Best Christmas Stories Ever (Apple Classics) (Contributor) 173 copies, 1 review
100 Crooked Little Crime Stories (Contributor) 160 copies, 2 reviews
New York Stories (Everyman's Pocket Classics) (Contributor, some editions) 147 copies, 5 reviews
Stories to Remember, Volume I (Contributor) 142 copies, 3 reviews
Short Stories from the Strand (Contributor) 134 copies, 1 review
The Saturday Evening Post Treasury (Contributor) 131 copies, 1 review
An Anthology of Famous American Stories (Contributor) 130 copies, 1 review
The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories (Contributor) 127 copies, 3 reviews
Stories to Remember, Volume II (Contributor) 125 copies, 2 reviews
The Big Book of Adventure Stories (Contributor) 110 copies, 3 reviews
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories (Contributor) 95 copies, 1 review
American Short Stories (Contributor, some editions) 90 copies
Murder for Christmas, Vol. 2 (Contributor) 83 copies
The Best American Humorous Short Stories (Contributor) 82 copies, 2 reviews
British and American Short Stories (Contributor) 74 copies, 2 reviews
A Treasury of Civil War Stories (Contributor) 72 copies
The Folio Book of Comic Short Stories (Contributor) 71 copies, 1 review
Selected Stories from the 19th Century (Contributor) 66 copies, 1 review
Great Ghost Stories (Contributor) 65 copies, 1 review
200 Years of Great American Short Stories (Contributor) 64 copies, 1 review
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural (Contributor) 59 copies, 4 reviews
American Christmas Stories (Contributor) 56 copies
Desert Island Decameron (Contributor) 55 copies
Reading for Pleasure (Contributor) 49 copies
Modern Short Stories (Contributor) 47 copies, 1 review
Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics (Contributor) 47 copies, 4 reviews
Prose and Poetry for Appreciation (Contributor) 45 copies
Pearl S. Buck's Book of Christmas (Contributor) 43 copies, 1 review
Great Tales of the American West (Contributor) 42 copies, 1 review
The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes (Contributor) 38 copies
New Orleans Noir 2: The Classics (Contributor) 37 copies, 3 reviews
Tales of Terror (Contributor) 34 copies, 1 review
Great Tales of the West (Contributor) 30 copies, 1 review
Famous Stories of Code and Cipher (Contributor) 28 copies
The Mystery Book (Contributor) 28 copies
The Best Ghost Stories (Contributor) 26 copies
Manhattan Mysteries (Contributor) 26 copies
101 Mystery Stories (Contributor) 26 copies
Best Ghost Stories (Contributor, some editions) 23 copies
Currents in Fiction (Contributor) 20 copies
Racconti Gialli (Author) 20 copies
Great Tales of Detection (Contributor) 20 copies, 1 review
The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (Contributor) 19 copies, 1 review
Short Stories II (Contributor) 18 copies
Horrors in hiding (Contributor) 16 copies
Tales of the Occult (Author, some editions) 16 copies
Specter! A Chrestomathy of Spookery (Contributor) 15 copies
Modern American Short Stories (Contributor) 15 copies
The Ghost's Companion (Puffin Books) (Contributor) 14 copies
A Little Night Reading (Contributor) 12 copies, 1 review
Christmas Classics: Stories for the Whole Family (Contributor) 12 copies, 1 review
The Favourite Wonder Book (Contributor) 12 copies
American Poems 1779-1900 (Contributor) 11 copies
World's Great Humorous Stories (Contributor) 9 copies
Classic Ghost Stories (Contributor) 9 copies, 1 review
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Great Classic Mysteries II (Contributor) 7 copies, 1 review
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The Moth and Other Stories (Contributor) 6 copies, 1 review
The Story Survey (Contributor) 6 copies
Thirteen Short Stories (Contributor) 5 copies
Representative American Short Stories (Contributor) 5 copies, 1 review
Best crime stories. 4 (Contributor) 4 copies
The Anthology of Love and Romance (Contributor) 4 copies
Golden Tales of the Southwest (Contributor) 4 copies
Famous stories of five centuries (Contributor) 4 copies
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Enjoying Stories (Contributor) 2 copies
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American Humor and Satire (Contributor) 2 copies
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An O. Henry Gift from Henry (Contributor) 1 copy
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