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Showing posts with label O Henry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label O Henry. Show all posts
July 24, 2013

A model prisoner, willing, obedient, faithful

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William Sidney Porter was released from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus [pictured] on July 24, 1901. Found guilty of embezzlement from ...
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November 6, 2012

Henry on Field: he found his kingdom

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O. Henry had been working for the Daily Post in Houston, Texas for only about three weeks when he heard of the death of his friend and ...
April 28, 2012

O. Henry: the rolling stone that gathered moss

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"It rolled for about a year," O. Henry later recalled, "and then showed unmistakable signs of getting mossy. Moss and I neve...
November 3, 2011

O Henry: When the cows come home

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William Sidney Porter , known by the pseudonym O. Henry , turned to writing while incarcerated to raise money for his family. The majori...
June 30, 2011

Do something good for a whole lot of children

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The Outlook for June 30, 1900 published the short story " Georgia's Ruling ," written by a then- incarcerated O. Henry — ...
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April 25, 2011

The curse of the world, for its theme

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After being accused of stealing funds while working at a bank in Austin, Texas, William Sidney Porter fled to New Orleans and, later, Hon...
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September 11, 2010

O Henry: twaddle about himself

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He was born William Sydney Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina on September 11, 1862. Years later, he was coy about the year of his bir...
June 5, 2010

Death of Stephen Crane and O. Henry

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Stephen Crane ended the 19th century with a severe hemorrhage of the lungs, shortly after hosting a several day-long Christmas banquet. He ...
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