The Gentle Grafter
by O. Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- fragile
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Naive Americana at its best.
A collection of 14 stories by the author known as O. Henry (real name William Sydney Porter), originally published in 1908, seven years after completing a prison sentence for embezzling $854.
Illustrations are uncredited, but thought to be by the author.
Fragile but holding together. Inside front and back covers have been repaired by a librarian.
Synopsis
O. Henry's short, simple stories are noted for their careful plotting, ironic coincidences, and surprise endings. Contents: The Octopus Marooned; Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet; Modern Rural Sports; The Chair of Philanthromathematics; The Hand That Riles the World; The Exact Science of Matrimony; A Midsummer Masquerade; Shearing the Wolf; Innocents of Broadway; Conscience in Art; The Man Higher Up; A Tempered Wind; Hostages to Momus; The Ethics of Pig.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Just My Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20335
- Title
- The Gentle Grafter
- Author
- O. Henry
- Format/Binding
- See below
- Book Condition
- Used - fragile
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Page
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1920
- Pages
- 287
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Short stories, Americana
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