Cabbages and Kings

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Author:

Henry, O.

ISBN:

978-1-5172-9839-5

Publication Date:

Sep 2015

Publisher:

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

USD $9.99

Book Description:

A series of stories which each explore some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town while each advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another in a complex structure which slowly explicates its own background even as it painstakingly erects a town which is one of the most detailed literary creations of the period.In this book, O. Henry coined the term "banana republic".Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited...
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Book Details

Pages:	174
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	8.5 x 11 x 0.4 Inches
Book Weight:	1.15 Pounds

Author Biography

Henry, O. (Author)

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.

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