61. O Henry Collection - Nalanda Digital Libray O. Henry (18621910) - pseudonym of William Sydney Porter. His father, Algernon SidneyPorter, was a physician. When William was three, his mother died, and he http://www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in/resources/english/etext-project/Ohenry/Henry.html

O. Henry (1862-1910) - pseudonym of William Sydney Porter Nalanda Digital Library , as a part of its E-text Conversion Project (ECP ,has converted his writings into 'pdf' format for easy reading on the reading console. You can find the list here Profile: Prolific American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. Typical for O. Henry's stories is a twist of plot which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance. Although some critics were not so enthusiastic about his work, the public loved it. "It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are." William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) was born in Greenboro, North Carolina. His father, Algernon Sidney Porter, was a physician. When William was three, his mother died, and he was raised by his parental grandmother and a paternal aunt. William was an avid reader, but at the age of fifteen he left the school, and then worked in a drug store and on a Texas ranch. He continued to Houston, where he had a number of jobs, including that of bank clerk. After moving to Austin, Texas, in 1882, he married. In 1884 Porter started a humorous weekly The Rolling Stone. It was at this time that he began the heavy drinking. When the weekly failed, he joined the Houston Post as a reporter and columnist. In 1894 cash was found to have gone missing from the bank and O. Henry fled to Honduras. He returned to Austin the next year because his wife was dying. In 1897 he was convicted of embezzling bank fund, although there has been much debate over his actual guilt. In 1898 he entered a penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio.

62. DMS: Author Links O Henry Coconut Telegraph O.Henry Article; O. Henry (William SidneyPorter); William Sydney Porter (18621910); Outstanding Personalities. http://www.fcasd.edu/schools/dms/Author.htm

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63. Argonaut » Online » 121101 O. Henry (18621910), is the pseudonym of William Sydney Porter, a His father, AlgernonSidney Porter, was a physician. When William was three, his mother died http://www.argonaut.uidaho.edu/archives/121101/art2.html

front news art letters ... sports -edition Gift of the Magi: fairy tale of hope by Aristita Albacan argonaut staff It is Christmas in New York, but for two young lovers, Jim and Della, the prospects are bleak, as both are out of work and penniless. Their dilemma is solved when both part with their most precious possessions in order to buy presents for each other-thereby creating, at least for a magical moment, an aura of warmth and giving in the cold, impersonal winter city. The original story by O. Henry was only four pages. The Lamb's Theatre Company commissioned the "Gift of the Magi" for development. It received its premiere production at the Lamb's Theater in New York City, on December 3, 1984. The play has since been performed all over the country. O. Henry (1862-1910), is the pseudonym of William Sydney Porter, a noted and prolific American short story writer and master of surprise endings who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. Typical for O. Henry's stories is a twist of plot, which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance. Although some critics were not so enthusiastic about his work, the public loved it. The writer was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. His father, Algernon Sidney Porter, was a physician. When William was three, his mother died. William was an avid reader, but at the age of fifteen he left school to work in a drug store and on a Texas ranch. He continued to Houston, where he had a number of jobs, including that of bank clerk. After moving to Austin, Texas, in 1882, he married.

64. Teaching Suggestions All section items have numbers, not bullets. About the Author. O. Henry (18621910),born William Sidney Porter, in Greensboro, North Carolina. http://www.balancepublishing.com/leaftchr.htm

"The Last Leaf" by O. Henry Specific Teaching Suggestions A Deluxe Read-Along Radio Drama Component Use your back button to return to previous page. Click here to see all available play titles. Note: Actual pages vary slightly in formatting. For instance: Paragraphs have full justification. All section items have numbers, not bullets. About the Author O. Henry (18621910), born William Sidney Porter, in Greensboro, North Carolina. When he was a young man, O. Henry moved to Texas and worked on a ranch for three years. Later, he moved to Houston, worked for a newspaper for a year, then bought a newspaper of his own in Austin, Texas for $250. He was not pleased with his newspaper's title; so he renamed it The Rolling Stone . For a while, he did the writing and even the illustrations, but couldn't keep it up. The Rolling Stone apparently gathered moss and failed. O. Henry worked in the General Land Office and later as a bank teller (1891-94). While at the bank, he was accused of embezzling $5,000. At first, he was cleared of the charges, but later they were brought up again. Before he could be convicted, however, he ran away to New Orleans and eventually to Honduras. O. Henry spent several months moving about Central America in the company of the notorious outlaw, Al Jennings. They lived on the money ($30,000) taken by Jennings in a robbery. After a year, O. Henry returned to the U.S., where he was convicted of embezzlement, and served three years in a penitentiary. It was from prison that he sent out his first stories. After his release, O. Henry moved to New York City and, in 1902, became a short story writer on the staff of the New York

65. Ohenry Click here to see all available play titles. O. Henry (18621910),born William Sidney Porter, in Greensboro, North Carolina. When http://www.balancepublishing.com/ohenry.htm

O. Henry Use your back button to return to previous page. Click here to see all available play titles. O. Henry (18621910), born William Sidney Porter, in Greensboro, North Carolina. When he was a young man, O. Henry moved to Texas and worked on a ranch for three years. Later, he moved to Houston, worked for a newspaper for a year, then bought a newspaper of his own in Austin, Texas for $250. He was not pleased with his newspaper's title; so he renamed it The Rolling Stone . For a while, he did the writing and even the illustrations, but couldn't keep it up. The Rolling Stone apparently gathered moss and failed. O. Henry worked in the General Land Office and later as a bank teller (1891-94). While at the bank, he was accused of embezzling $5,000. At first, he was cleared of the charges, but later they were brought up again. Before he could be convicted, however, he ran away to New Orleans and eventually to Honduras. O. Henry spent several months moving about Central America in the company of the notorious outlaw, Al Jennings. They lived on the money ($30,000) taken by Jennings in a robbery. After a year, O. Henry returned to the U.S., where he was convicted of embezzlement, and served three years in a penitentiary. It was from prison that he sent out his first stories. After his release, O. Henry moved to New York City and, in 1902, became a short story writer on the staff of the New York World . He became one of the most widely read authors of his day. In less than three years he wrote one hundred and thirteen short stories. The

66. O Henry At LiteratureClassics.com -- Essays, Resources O Henry. 1862 1910 *. His father, Algernon Sidney Porter, was a physician.When William was three, his mother died, and he was raised by http://www.literatureclassics.com/authors/Henry/

Part of the Classics Network , a leading provider of online resources for the humanities. Literature Classics.com Philosophy Classics.com —Advertisement Home Help Login Contact O Henry American short story writer, whose ingenious and often humourous stories about everyday life made him enormously popular in the nineteenth century Prolific American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. Typical for O. Henry's stories is a twist of plot which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance. Although some critics were not so enthusiastic about his work, the public loved it. "It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are." William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) was born in Greenboro, North Carolina. His father, Algernon Sidney Porter, was a physician. When William was three, his mother died, and he was raised by... [read entire biography] Source Petri Liukkonen This page is maintained by our Editorial Team. Become an Expert and help us build this site! These essays offer analysis of the author's life and work. Many of them have been submitted by users, and are assigned an editorial rating on a scale from one to five stars to assist you in evaluating their worth.

67. Kalendar' Fantastiki: Pamyatnye Daty 2002 G. (sentyabr'). 140 let nazad rodilsya Uil'yam Sidni Porter (O.GENRI; O'GENRI) William SidneyPorter (O.HENRY) (18621910), amerikanskii pisatel', avtor romana Koroli i http://www-lat.rusf.ru/fc/d0209.htm

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68. Literature Civil War Literature Most important writers Emily Dickinson (1830 1886), KateChopin (1851 - 1904), William Sidney Porter (1862 - 1910), Samuel Langhorne http://www.nitrosoft.de/projects/literature/history_us.html

Back to History of Literature "Index" A Brief History of American Literature based on: Invitation to Literature, Cornelsen 1980 (pp. 261 - 267) Pre-Revolutionary Writing Most important writers: Captain John Smith (1580 - 1631), William Bradford (1590 - 1657), Winthrop (1588 - 1649), Jonathan Edwards (1703 - 1758), Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809), Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) Most important works: True Revelation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath Happened in Virginia Since the First Planting of That Colony (John Smith, 1608), The History of Plymouth Plantation (William Bradford, 1651), The History of New England (John Winthrop, 1649), General information : The earliest literature that can be classified as American were the journals and letters of those coming to the New World, John Smith being the first true American writer. Writing of the Colonial Period mostly dealt with historical, natural or religious issues, reflecting the Puritans' point of view on life. In the 18th century, Puritan writings as well as humanistic essays that dealt with the American independence were created in America. The Nineteenth Century Most important writers: Washington Irving (1783 - 1859), Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864), Herman Melville (1819 - 1891), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896)

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70. Biblioteca - Audiovisuales Porter, William Sidney, 18621910BIOGRAFIA; HENRY, O., 1862-1910BIOGRAFIA;LITERATURA ESTADOUNIDENSE; ESTADOS UNIDOSVIDA SOCIAL Y COSTUMBRESNOVELA. http://www.usfq.edu.ec/1BIBLIOTECA/audio.htm

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71. Samuel FB Morse Papers About The Collection William Goodrich Morse (18531933) m. Catherine Augusta Crabbe (1855 John Porter Morse(?-1958 Sidney Edwards Morse (1794-1871) m. Catherine Livingston (1813-1905 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sfbmhtml/sfbmtree02.html

Samuel F. B. Morse Papers Home Page [show graphical version] Morse Family Tree Deacon Jedidiah Morse Sr. (1726-1819) m. Sarah Child (1722-1805) Rev. Jedidiah Morse Jr. (1761-1826) m. Elizabeth Ann Finley Breese (1761-1828) Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872) m. (1) Lucretia Pickering Walker (1799-1825) Susan Walker Morse (1819-1885) m. Edward Lind (?-1882) Charles Walker Lind (?-1880) Charles Walker Morse (1823-1887) m. Mannette A. Lansing (1831-1888) Bleeker Lansing Morse (1849-1900) Samuel Finley Breese Morse II (1854-1907) Henry Lind Morse (1860-1863) Susan Lind Morse (1862-1910) James Edwards Finley Morse (1825-1914) m. (2) Sarah Elizabeth Griswold (1823-1901) Samuel Arthur Breese Morse (1849-1876) Cornelia (Leila) Livingston Morse (1851-1937) m. Franz Rummel (1853-1901) William Morse Rummel (1883-1918) Walter Morse Rummel (1887-1953) Frank Morse Rummel (1890-1971) William Goodrich Morse (1853-1933) m. Catherine Augusta Crabbe (1855-1880) Leila Livingston Morse (1878-1977) Edward Lind Morse (1857-1923) m. (1) Charlotte Dunning Wood (1859-1898)

72. Chronological List, Part 30 pseudonym of William Sydney Porter, (18621910 GEORGES; HERFORD, BEATRICE; Mrs. SidneyWillard Hayward HERMAN, William; HERMANSON, ERIC; HERMINE; HERNANDEZ, JOSEPH H http://users.ev1.net/~homeville/fictionmag/e30.htm

The FictionMags Index Chronological List, Part 30 Previous Table-of-Contents HANNA, A. JUDSON HANNA, FRANCES NICHOLS ; see pseudonym Fan Nichols HANNA, JOHN HANNA, PAUL ; house pseudonym HANNAGAN, STEVE HANNAH, BARRY HANNAH, CHARLES JERRY HANNAH, JAMES ... HANNAY, JAMES OWEN (1865-1950); see pseudonym George A. Birmingham HANNE, PAUL HANNEMAN, ADRIAEN HANNES ... HARDING, ALLISON V. ; pseudonym of Jean Milligan HARDING, ANN HARDING, CHARLOTTE HARDING, E. M. ... HARDINGE, REX ; [i.e., Charles Wrexe Hardinge] (1904-?) HARDMAN, CLIFFORD HARDMAN, JOHN F. HARDMAN, KEN HARDON, ROBERT V. ... HARDY, IZA DUFFUS c HARDY, JULIA HARDY, L. R. HARDY, LINDSAY HARDY, LOWELL EDWIN ... HARE, CYRIL ; pseudonym of Alfred Alexander Clark HARE, HUMPHREY HARE, J. KNOWLES HARE, JAMES ... HARLAND, MARION ; pseudonym of Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune HARLEM, RODAMER HARLOW, ALVIN F(ay) HARLOW, DORA ... HARMON, JIM ; [i.e., James Judson Harmon] (1933- ) HARMON, WILLIAM E. HARMON, WILSON HARMSWORTH, ALFRED HARNDEN, RUTH ... HAROLD, CHILDE ; pseudonym of Edward Salisbury Field HARPER, ANNA HARPER, BERTA TAUBER HARPER, CHARLES G. ... HARRAL, BILL ; see under Harral, William T.

73. LitWeb.net O. Henry 18621910 pseudonym of William Sydney Porter (earlier spelledSidney) search biblion. Prolific American short-story writer http://www.biblion.com/litweb/biogs/henry_o.html

Home About Us Contact Complete Index ... Reading Room Find out about the major literary prizes and their past winners. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Booker Prize Nobel Prize for Literature biblion.com ... Nobel Prize by: All Author Title Keyword for: O. Henry pseudonym of William Sydney Porter (earlier spelled Sidney) search biblion Prolific American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. Typical for O. Henry's stories is a twist of plot, which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance. Although some critics were not so enthusiastic about his work, the public loved it. "It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are." Porter was born in Greenboro, North Carolina. He grew up during the post-Civil War depression in the South and was poorly educated. His father was a doctor; his mother died when Porter was three. He left the school at the age of fifteen, and then worked in a drug store and on a Texas ranch. He continued to Houston, where he had a number of jobs, including that of bank clerk. After moving to Austin, Texas, in 1882, he married. In 1884 Porter started a humorous weekly The Rolling Stone . It was at this time that he began the heavy drinking. When the weekly failed, he joined the

74. Authors V-Z Douglas Smith, 18561923 Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 1850-1919 Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900William Sidney Porter, 1862-1910 AKA Henry, O., 1862-1910 Williams, Henry http://www.worldwide-library.co.uk/Authors/v-z.htm

Home Author Title Topic ... Book Club The Worldwide Library making e-books available to everyone worldwide without charge now. WWL Author Index Start A B C ... Z V Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933 Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944 Vazov, Ivan Minchov, 1850-1921 Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929 Venables, Edmund, 1819-1895 Verne, Jules, 1828-1905 Vigny, Alfred de, 1797-1863 Vivian, Evelyn Charles Volney, C. F. (Constantin Francois de) Voltaire, 1694-1778 Voynich, E. L. (Ethel Lillian), 1864-1960 WWL Author Index Start A B C ... Z W Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 Wairy, Louis Constant, 1778-1845 Walker, H. Wilfrid Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 Wallace, Dillon, 1863-1939 Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir, 1841-1919 Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932 Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905 Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 Walpole, Hugh, Sir, 1884-1941 Walter, Russ Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683 Ward, Adolphus William, Sir, 1837-1924 Ward, Artemus, 1834-1867 AKA: Browne, Charles Farrar, 1834-1867 Ward, Arthur Sarsfield, 1883-1959 AKA: Rohmer, Sax, 1883-1959 Ward, Elizabeth Rebecca AKA: Inchfawn, Fay

75. 10. O. Henry By O. W. Firkins. Morley, Christopher, Ed. 1921. Modern Essays 19. Note 1. William Sidney Porter, 1862–1910, son of Algernon Sidney Porter, physician,was born, bred, and meagerly educated in Greensboro, North Carolina. http://www.bartleby.com/237/10.html

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76. Browse Top Level > Texts > Project Gutenberg > Titles > D 18631924 Keywords Authors S Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863 Authors H Hornung,EW (Ernest William), 1866-1921 Author Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586 Keywords http://www.archive.org/texts/textslisting-browse.php?collection=gutenberg&cat=Ti

77. IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection 1927 ) Lampman, Archibald (1861 - 1899) Langland, William ( - ) Lanier, Sidney(1842 - 1881 1988) Pope, Alexander (1688 - 1744) Porter, Katherine Anne http://www.ipl.org.ar/cgi-bin/ref/litcrit/litcrit.browse.pl?au=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ

78. Gaslight Contents By Author page selected Gaslight parodies and pastiches. O. Henry (pseud. forWilliam Sidney Porter) (18621910) Sixes and sevens F (1911) http://gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca/contents.htm

The following is a Gaslight etext.... A message to you about Gaslight CONTENTS by author links to fiction [F] and non-fiction [N] on the Gaslight website David P. Abbott "Fraudulent spiritualism unveiled" [N] Edmond About The Man with the Broken Ear [F] (1862, transl. 1867, 1878 ed.) (transl. from (Prepared by Patricia Teter) Achmed Abdullah (pseud. for Alexander Nikolayevitch Romanoff) (1881-1945) "A simple act of piety" [F] (1918, 1919 ed.) George Ade Fables in slang [F] The Fable of How ... delayed" More fables in slang [F] The Fable of the Honest Money-Maker and the Partner of His Joys, ... Montana" (Prepared by Diana Patterson, et alia Max Adeler (Pseud. for Chas. Heber Clark) (1841-1915) "A desperate adventure" [F] (year?) James Agate from At half-past eight: essays of the theatre, 1921-1922 [N] "Art and the screen" "Some film-emotions and a moral" Louisa May Alcott "Behind the mask, or A woman's power" [F] (in progress) published under the pseudonym A.M. Barnard "A strange island" [F] Originally from Morning-Glories, and Other Stories Thomas Bailey Aldrich "A Christmas fantasy with a moral" [F] Grant Allen "My New Year's Eve among the mummies" (1880-jan) [F] writing as J. Arbuthnot Wilson

79. Handbook Of Texas Online: PORTER, WILLIAM SYDNEY http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/PP/fpo20.html

format this article to print PORTER, WILLIAM SYDNEY In La Salle County, Jesse Leigh Hall, qv a retired Texas Ranger, managed the ranch holdings of the Dull brothers from Pennsylvania. Porter lived on this ranch for two years with Betty and Richard Moore Hall. qv Mrs. Hall was a well-educated woman and had a library that Porter used during these years. While he herded sheep for Dick Hall, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary was his constant companion. During his two years on the ranch, Porter gained a knowledge of ranch life that he later incorporated into many of his short stories. Lee Hall was Porter's prototype for the Texas Ranger who appears in many of the Texas stories. In 1884 the Halls moved to a new ranch in Williamson County, and Porter moved to Austin and lived as a house guest of the Joseph Harrell family for three years. During this time he worked at several jobs and was active in Austin social life. For a time he was a member of the Hill City Quartette. During this time the first recorded use of his pseudonym appeared, allegedly derived from his habit of calling "Oh, Henry" to the family cat. In 1887 Porter began working as a draftsman in the General Land Office

80. Anecdote Oh, Henry... Henry Before They Were Fam the adventure stories that made him a household name. Henry, O. born William SidneyPorter (18621910), American short story writer noted for such works as http://anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=7976

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