The Voice of The City

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, 1913.

Price: $18.00

Hardcover. Later. Good/ first few pages are torn out, but laid there, slightly bumped corners and spine-ends w/light wearing and rubbing on cover, slightly loose hinge--Authorized Edition. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

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O. Henry
birth name: William Sydney Porter
born: 9/11/1862
died: 6/5/1910

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Biography

Pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter, whose clever use of twist endings in his stories popularized the term "O. Henry Ending." Note that his middle name at birth was Sidney, not Sydney; he later changed the spelling of his middle name when he first began writing as a journalist in the 1880s. The annual O. Henry Award for excellence in short story writing is named in his honor.more

Collecting tips:

O. Henry, who was reportedly named after a candy bar, started writing in prison in 1899, and published several books of short stories beginning in 1904 and ending in 1910 when he drank himself to death. Apparently his romantic sentimentality is not to modern tastes, but he's still fun to read. None of his books are rare. Copies in fine condition don't grow on trees, but should still be affordable. One should be prepared to pay quite a bit more for any of the books published during or shortly after his lifetime that are in dustjackets, and/or books that are signed by him; both categories are scarce.more