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Whirligigs

Whirligigs( )
Author: Henry, O.
ISBN:978-1-5004-5870-6
Publication Date:Jul 2014
Publisher:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $7.49
Book Description:

A favourite dodge to get your story read by the public is to assert that it is true, and then add that Truth is stranger than Fiction. I do not know if the yarn I am anxious for you to read is true; but the Spanish purser of the fruit steamer El Carrero swore to me by the shrine of Santa Guadalupe that he had the facts from the U. S. vice-consul at La Paz-a person who could not possibly have been cognizant of half of them.As for the adage quoted above, I take pleasure in puncturing it...
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Book Details
Pages:118
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.27 Inches
Book Weight:0.51 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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