Deathbed Quotes & Epitaphs - Said What poet. Turn up the lights, I dont want to go home in the dark. O. Henry (William Sidney Porter 18621910), US story writer. On http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/deathbed.php
William Sydney Porter (1862-1910) William S. Porter O. Henry (18621910). Born William Sidney Porter, this masterof short stories is much better known under his pen name O. Henry. He was http://www.lsjunction.com/people/porter.htm
Extractions: "O. Henry" (1862-1910) Born William Sidney Porter, this master of short stories is much better known under his pen name "O. Henry." He was born September 11, 1862 in North Carolina, where he spent his childhood. His only formal education was received at the school of his Aunt Lina, where he developed a lifelong love of books. In his uncle's pharmacy, he became a licensed pharmacist and was also known for his sketches and cartoons of the townspeople of Greensboro. At the age of twenty, Porter came to Texas primarily for health reasons, and worked on a sheep ranch and lived with the family of Richard M. Hall, whose family had close ties with the Porter family back in North Carolina. It was here that Porter gained a knowledge for ranch life that he later described in many of his short stories. In 1884, Porter moved to Austin. For the next three years, where he roomed in the home of the Joseph Harrell family and held several jobs. It was during this time that Porter first used his pen name, O. Henry, said to be derived from his frequent calling of "Oh, 'Henry'" the family cat. By 1887, Porter began working as a draftsman in the General Land Office, then headed by his old family friend, Richard Hall. In 1891 at the end of Hall's term at the Land Office, Porter resigned and became a teller with the First National Bank in Austin. After a few years, however, he left the bank and founded the
Biography Of William Sydney Porter William Sydney Porter. 18621910 Garden City, NY Doubleday, 1970. O Quinn,Trueman E. Time to Write How William Sidney Porter Became O. Henry. http://www.ncwriters.org/wporter.htm
Extractions: The most popular short story writer of his era, William Sydney Porter was born on Polecat Creek in Guilford County, and raised and educated in Greensboro by an unmarried aunt who ran a private school. Young William Sydney Porter worked in an uncle's drug store until he moved at nineteen to Texas where he held a variety of jobs including paying and receiving teller at the First National Bank of Austin. To supplement his income, he wrote free-lance sketches, and was briefly editor and co-owner of a humorous weekly called The Rolling Stone . While he was working as a columnist for the Houston Daily Post , Porter was indicted for the embezzlement of bank funds during his time as a teller. His trial was delayed for two years first by his escape to New Orleans and Honduras, then by his wife's illness and death. Although it is not known for certain whether Porter was an embezzler or merely an incompetent bookkeeper, he was sentenced to five years in the Ohio Penitentiary. His jobs as the prison's night druggist and as secretary to the steward allowed him time to write, and he published his first short story from prison under a pen name. He used several pseudonyms, but upon his early release for good behavior, he chose to write as O. Henry. Porter moved to New York City in 1902, ostensibly to obtain material, although for the next few years his work continued to reflect his experiences in the southwest and Central America. All but 16 of the 115 stories he wrote in 1904 and 1905 dealt with New York, and on the publication of his second book
Extractions: [AKA: William Sidney Porter] An Adjustment of Nature(The O. Henry Internet Series) After Twenty Years(The O. Henry Internet Series) Babes In The Jungle(Project Gutenberg) A Bird Of Bagdad(Project Gutenberg) ... TXT 21 Kb - SL: TXT - EN: TXT The Girl And The Graft(Project Gutenberg) The Girl And The Habit(Project Gutenberg) The Gold That Glittered(Project Gutenberg) ... The Heart of the West (Gutenberg text) Jimmy Hayes and Muriel(The O. Henry Internet Series) The Last of the Troubadours (Southwestern Classics On-line) alt url The Last Leaf(The O. Henry Internet Series) ... (UVa) . Illustrations. (35 KB) A Little Talk About Mobs(Project Gutenberg) The Love Philtre of Ikey(The O. Henry Internet Series) Makes the Whole World Kin(The O. Henry Internet Series) Memoirs Of A Yellow Dog(The O. Henry Internet Series) ... Options (Gutenberg text) Out of Nazareth(Project Gutenberg) Past One At Rodney'S(Project Gutenberg) The Poet And The Peasant(Project Gutenberg) The Princess and the Puma(May 1999) ... Roads of Destiny (Gutenberg text) The Robe Of Peace(Project Gutenberg) Round The Circle(Project Gutenberg) The Rubber Plant's Story(Project Gutenberg) The Skylight Room(The O. Henry Internet Series)
The Charlock's Shade: William Sidney Porter If the life of William Sidney Porter were written into a short story " Bruce Watson notes Henry (William Sydney Porter, 18621910) Born William Sidney Porter, this master of http://thecharlocksshade.typepad.com/the_charlocks_shade/2003/11/william_sidney_
Extractions: The British writer Henry Green's literary skill went far beyond a comedy of manners, which this book appears to be on the surface. Dense with meaning, "Nothing" is a short literary gem, which forces the reader to read a million nuances into the witty and yet deeply dense conversations which make up the entirety of the book. (*****) Published in 1908. This study of the changes wrought by time on the lives of two English sisters during the 19th century is a masterpiece of literary realism. Constance and Sophia Baines, the daughters of a shopkeeper, grow up in the rural town of Bursley. Sophia eventually runs off and settles in Paris with her husband, who is a cad, and Constance remains behind in England and marries the mild-mannered shop assistant. The sisters are reunited years later when they are old, and Bennett skillfully contrasts what has remained stable in their characters with the differences time and environment have produced in their personalities. This long and ambitious work established Bennett's reputation as a novelist. (*****)
O. Henry [1862-1910] At Spirit Of America Bookstore Complete listings of the short fiction works of William Porter, who wrote as O. Henry a century ago, and is still known for his surprise endings. Best known for 'The Gift of the Magi', he also William Sidney later spelled Sydney Porter was born 11 September 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina and died a penniless alcoholic 5 June 1910 in New York City, at the age http://www.genordell.com/stores/spirit/OHenry.htm
Extractions: Ayn Rand [1905-82] W illiam Sidney [later spelled Sydney] Porter was born 11 September 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Under the pen name of 'O. Henry' he wrote nearly 300 short stories. He may not have invented the 'twist' ending, but his 'entertainments', with their irony and compassion and, some might say, old-fashioned sentiment, were and still are widely admired, and his reputation in American letters remains secure to this day, nearly a century later. H e left school at 15 to work, then at 19 moved to Texas, where he worked on a sheep ranch and breaking bronchosand other jobs. He moved to Austin, Texas in 1884, working at a land office and at a bank. In July of 1887, he eloped to marry beautiful Athol Estes; she bore him a son, who died within hours, then a daughter, Margaret in 1889. Irregularities discovered in his accounts at the bank in October 1894 caused him to flee, to Houston, where he worked at a newspaper. Imminent prosecution led him to flee again, leaving wife and child behind, to New Orleans and then to Honduras. H e returned to America in January 1897 upon learning that his wife was seriously ill, and soon after her death was convicted on a federal charge of embezzlement, although the government's case was weak. The three years and three months that he spent in prison in Ohio cast a shadow on his later life, and is cited as the reason for his pen name and for his insistence that his editors keep his identity secret.
O. Henry (1862-1910) American Writer - Classic Literature house museum, home of the famous short story writer William Sidney Porter, betterknown as O. Henry. William S. Porter O. Henry (18621910) O. Henry wrote http://classiclit.about.com/cs/ohenry/
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William Sidney Porter William Sidney Porter AKA O. Henry (18621910). Biography of WilliamSidney Porter, North Carolina Writers Network This short http://library.marist.edu/diglib/english/americanliterature/19thc-american-autho
Extractions: William Sidney Porter [AKA O. Henry] (1862-1910) Biography of William Sidney Porter , North Carolina Writers' Network: This short biography is supplemented by an excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi" and a bibliography of both primary and secondary sources.-MJM "Holding Up a Train" by O. Henry , Gaslight: This text, from SIXES AND SEVENS (1911), also includes " The Story of Holding Up a Train."-MJM Man About Town: O. Henry in His Austin , IOCOM Corporation: A fairly extensive and illustrated biography supplemented by a collection of links.-MJM O. Henry [AKA William Sidney Porter] , The Mad Cybrarian's Library (Fortune City): This .com site includes over fifty O. Henry e-texts, many from Project Gutenberg. (See the Project Gutenberg page below).-MJM Waifs and Strays by O. Henry , Globusz Publishing: A collection that includes the following twelve stories: The Red Roses of Tonia Round The Circle The Rubber Plant's Story Out of Nazareth ... A Little Talk About Mobs , and The Snow Man . No scholarly apparatus included.-MJM William S. Porter "O. Henry" (1862-1910)
Collected Memorabilia Of William Sidney Porter Sidney Porter consists of unpublished articles, reminiscences, and correspondenceof the American storywriter William Sidney Porter (18621910), better know by http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/porter/
Extractions: Range of Collection Dates Size : 0.8 linear feet (2 archive boxes, 1 oversize folder) Photocopying, literary rights, and citation William Sidney Porter was born 11 September 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina, the son of Algernon Sidney and Mary Jane Virginia (Swaim) Porter. (In 1898 Porter would change the spelling of his middle name to Sydney, and later still he would adopt the literary pseudonym "O. Henry.") His first job after leaving school was as a pharmacist's assistant in his hometown (1877-1882). In 1882 he went to Texas, and after work at various types of jobsincluding as a teller in an Austin bank (1891-1894)he started a short-lived humorous weekly, The Rolling Stone (1894-1895), and wrote a daily column for the Houston paper
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Extractions: Belarusian Bulgarian Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Icelandic Irish Italian Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian (cyr.) Serbian (lat.) Slovak Spanish Swedish Turkish Ukrainian Vida privada Entretenimentos Humor Literatura humorística e satírica ... Literatura americana: século XX O.Henry (William Sydney Porter) (1862-1910) Esta categoria não está corrigida. Quere ser redator Categorias filiais... Adams, Henry (1838-1918) Albee, Edward Franclin (1928- ... Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888) Allen, Grant (1848-1899) American Crime Fiction Authors American SF and Fantasy Author... American Transcendentalism Anderson, Maxwell (1888-1959) Anderson, Sherwood (1876-1941) Asimov, Isaac (1920-1992) Averchenko, Arkady (1881-1925)
Ancestors Of William Sydney PORTER-[40398] General Notes William Sydney Porter (O. Henry), 18621910. By Jennifer Winborne rescue the heroine of his dreams. Born William Sidney Porter, this master of short stories is much http://whosyomama.com/gabroaddrick3/42/40398.htm
Extractions: William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) had first come to Texas in 1882, the same year that Oscar Wilde visited the city in June of that year. Porter spent most of his Texas residence in Austin, but he made visits to San Antonio, such as in late 1894 and 1895, at approximately the same time that Stephen Crane was here. As in the case of Wilde, Porter was patronized by the local journalist H. Ryder-Taylor, who convinced O. Henry that he could make his journal, The Rolling Stone, a national success if he would bring it to San Antonio and enter into a partnership with Ryder-Taylor (Long 74-75). Porter's dealings with Ryder-Taylor, unfortunately, were a mistake, and O. Henry's posthumously published collection of sketches and stories, Rolling Stones (1912), for the most part detracted from his reputation, although the work does contain one or two good stories, such as "A Fog in Santone" (Long 135).
O Henry - Biography And Works O Henry. Extensive Biography of O Henry and a searchable collection of works. O. Henry (18621910) was a prolific American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings His father, Algernon Sidney Porter, was a physician. When William was three, his http://www.literature-web.net/o_henry
Extractions: 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 paternal grandmother and aunt. William was an avid reader, but at the age of fifteen he left school, and then worked in a drug store and on a Texas ranch. He moved to Houston, where he had a number of jobs, including that of bank clerk. After moving to Austin, Texas, in 1882, he married.
Anecdote - O. [born William Sidney Porter] Henry - Oh, Henry... 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://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=7976
Anecdote - O. [born William Sidney Porter] Henry - Light Humor The line was a quote from a popular song of the day. Henry, O. born William SidneyPorter (18621910) American short story writer noted for such works as http://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=6667
Handbook Of Texas Online: PORTER, WILLIAM SYDNEY 18621910). William Sydney Porter pseud. O. Henry, writer, was born on September11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina, the son of Dr. Algernon Sidney and http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/PP/fpo20.html
Extractions: 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
KFUPM Library Catalog Online - Detailed Information Title, O.Henry (William Sidney Porter). Author. CurrentGarcia, Eugene. Subject,Porter, William Sydney, - 1862-1910. Publisher, New York Twayne Publishers. http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/library/webpac/all/bdetails.asp?mno=419538
Stories About Other Tramps Christmas Stocking, by O. Henry pen name of William Sidney Porter (18621910);this story appeared in the collection, Roads of Destiny, 1909 Drift from Two http://www.angelfire.com/folk/famoustramp/stories.html
Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking Dick s Christmas Stocking, by O. Henry pen name of William Sidney Porter (18621910);this story appeared in the collection, Roads of Destiny, 1909 It was http://www.angelfire.com/folk/famoustramp/henry.html
Extractions: It was with much caution that Whistling Dick slid back the door of the box-car, for Article 5716, City Ordinances, authorized (perhaps unconstitutionally) arrest on suspicion, and he was familiar of old with this ordinance. So, before climbing out, he surveyed the field with all the care of a good general. Whistling Dick's red head popped suddenly back into the car. A sight too imposing and magnificent for his gaze had been added to the scene. A vast, incomparable policeman rounded a pile of rice sacks and stood within twenty yards of the car. The daily miracle of the dawn, now being performed above Algiers, received the flattering attention of this specimen of municipal official splendor. He gazed with unbiased dignity at the faintly glowing colors until, at last, he turned to them his broad back, as if convinced that legal interference was not needed, and the sunrise might proceed unchecked. So he turned his face to the rice bags, and, drawing a flat flask from an inside pocket, he placed it to his lips and regarded the firmament. Whistling Dick, professional tramp, possessed a half-friendly acquaintance with this officer. They had met several times before on the levee at night, for the officer, himself a lover of music, had been attracted by the exquisite whistling of the shiftless vagabond. Still, he did not care, under the present circumstances, to renew the acquaintance. There is a difference between meeting a policeman upon a lonely wharf and whistling a few operatic airs with him, and being caught by him crawling out of a freight-car. So Dick waited, as even a New Orleans policeman must move on some timeperhaps it is a retributive law of natureand before long "Big Fritz" majestically disappeared between the trains of cars.
Walking Tour Of Historic Greensboro Note the sign reading, In this store O. Henry (William Sidney Porter)18621910 was employed by uncle as drug clerk for five years. http://www.greensborolibrary.org/nc/stroll.htm
Extractions: (Click here for picture) THE PARK BESIDE THE UNITED STATES TRUST CENTER, O. HENRY STATUES In this small park are three statues commemorating William Sydney Porter, born in Greensboro in 1862, who became a great short story writer, using the pen name O. Henry. There is a statue of O. Henry, one depicting his famous short stories "Gift of the Magi" and "The Ransom of Red Chief," and one showing a dog. These sculptures were made by Maria J. Kirby-Smith in 1985, provided by the Southern Life Insurance Company, and presented by the O. Henry Festival, Inc. 217 AND 223 N. ELM STREET
