William Sydney Porter (1862-1910)

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William Sydney Porter(1862-1910)

• By B. Maki
• CS255 Project 11
• Grade Level 9-11th
• Topic English Language
• Teaching Time 1 Class Period

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Facts on William Sydney Porter

• He was born September 11, 1862 in North Carolina,
  where he spent his childhood.
• An acclaimed master of short stories and tales.
• Starting in 1895 he wrote a column for the
  Houston Daily Post.
• In early 1898 Porter was found guilty of
  embezzlement charges and sentenced to five years
  in an Ohio prison.
• Three years and about a dozen short stories
  later, he emerged from prison as "O. Henry" to
  help shield his true identity.

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Facts on William Sydney Porter

• O. Henry wrote with realistic detail based on his
  first-hand experiences both in Texas and in New
  York City.
• In 1907, he published many of his Texas stories
  in The Heart of the West.
• He moved to New York City, where over the next
  ten years before his death in 1910, he published
  over 300 stories and gained worldwide acclaim as
  America's favorite short story writer.
• Porter died on June 5, 1910 in New York City at
  the age of forty seven. An alcoholic, he died
  virtually penniless.

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Published Books by O. Henry

• After Twenty Years Other Stories. Edited by
  Masat C. Nakauchi. Tokyo Kenkyusha, 1957.
• The Best of O. Henry. Philadelphia Running
  Press, 1978.

• Cabbages and Kings. New York McClure, Phillips
  Co., 1904.
• The Four Million. New York McClure, Phillips
  Co., 1906.
• The Gift of the Magi. Garden City, N.Y.
  Doubleday, Page Co., 1922.

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Published Books by O. Henry

• Let Me Feel Your Pulse. New York Doubleday, Page
  Co., 1910.
• Options. New York Harper Brothers, 1909.
• Postscripts. New York Harper Brothers, 1923.

• Tales of O. Henry. Garden City, N.Y.
  International Collectors Library, 1969.
• The Trimmed Lamp, and Other Stories. New York
  McClure, Phillips Co., 1907.
• The Voice of the City. New York McClure, 1908.

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