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Extractions: Published Sources for the above Quotations: F: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994." R: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994." A: ""The Octopus Marooned."" N: ""Gift of the Magi," 1906." K: ""A Ruler of Men.""
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Extractions: O. Henry - (1862-1910) Greensboro By Bobby Helbert Read other essays on O. Henry written by North Carolina students Chris and Justin , or New York students Daniel Golden and Ally Feldman and Veronika Fernandez I. Upbringing, Education, Family and Professional Life William Sidney Porter was born near Greensboro, North Carolina on September 11, 1862. Three years later his mother died and his father who was a doctor was left to care for him. His only formal education came from his aunt who ran a private school in his neighborhood for him and other local children. His uncle owned a pharmacy and he worked there and became a licensed pharmacist before the age of twenty. His sketches and drawings of people in Greensboro were known all about the town and he was a local celebrity. At the age of twenty, Porter moved to Texas and worked on a sheep ranch. Sources say he moved to Texas for health reasons and there he stayed until 1898. He lived with an old family friend Richard M. Hall where his experiences would prove relevant later in his short stories. In 1884, he left the ranch and moved to Austin where he stayed in the home of Joseph Harrell and held many jobs in Austin. There he first used his pen name, O. Henry. In 1887, he worked as a draftsman in the General Land Office, then headed by his friend Richard Hall. In 1891, Porter resigned and took a job as a teller at the First National Bank.
Henry_O_ny2 O. Henry (1862-1910) Born William Sydney (also spelled Sidney) Porter inGreensboro, North Carolina in 1862, he grew up to become one of the most http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/litmap/henry_o_ny2.htm
Extractions: O. Henry - (1862-1910) New York City By Daniel Golden Read other essays on O. Henry by New York students Ally Feldman and Veronika Fernandez or North Carolina students Chris L. and Justin L. and Bobby Helbert I. Biography Born William Sydney (also spelled Sidney) Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1862, he grew up to become one of the most loved and prolific short story writers of his time. Plagued by illness as a child, he moved to Texas in 1882, on the assumption that the open spaces and fresh air would help him. There he was employed at various pursuits, including teller in an Austin bank and as a reporter for the Houston Post. O. Henry also wrote and published his own weekly humor newspaper, called The Rolling Stone While employed at the Post , he was charged with embezzlement from his former bank job. He promptly fled to Honduras, leaving his wife behind. However, when his wife became seriously ill he returned and stood trial after her death. He was convicted, and spent three years in prison. It was there that he started writing. After his release, he moved to New York City where he spent the rest of his days. He took the pseudonym O. Henry to hide his past and became a prolific short story writer, writing approximately 300 stories. II. Regional Influences
Handbook Of Texas Online: PORTER, WILLIAM SYDNEY Porter, William SYDNEY (18621910). William Sydney Porter pseud. His middlename was originally spelled Sidney, but he later changed it. 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
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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 (page 2) At Spirit Of America Bookstore O. Henry 18621910 and chair, Profile Original Collections Later Collections Time to Write How William Sidney Porter Became O. Henry 1986 http://www.genordell.com/stores/spirit/OHenry2.htm
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KFUPM Library Monographs 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/book/details.asp?mno=419538
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Extractions: GPL HOME Online Resources North Carolina Collection The O. Henry Collection O. HENRY COLLECTION Finding Aid Abstract: Greensboro's William Sidney Porter (1862-1910), best known to the world by his pseudonym "O. Henry," was perhaps the foremost short story writer of his day. Much of this collection consists of notes, correspondence, clippings, disbound magazine articles and other materials assembled by Dr. Charles Alphonso Smith (1864-1924) for use in his biography of the writer, O. Henry Biography (1916). There are also additional materials (such as clippings, magazine articles and correspondence) which were collected over the years by Greensboro Public Library (GPL) staff. Highlights of the collection include: Dr. Smith's correspondence with various O. Henry intimates with respect to the latter's ancestry and biography (including efforts to suppress Dr. Smith's book over revelations of O. Henry's conviction and imprisonment for embezzlement in Texas); hundreds of clippings and disbound articles dealing with all phases of O. Henry's life and work, including early criticism; numerous clippings on and photographs of O. Henry's family and the homes in which he lived; materials on Norman Hackett's early efforts to dramatize O. Henry's work; clippings and various printed items relating to memorials to the author, such as those in Raleigh and Greensboro; holograph manuscripts of reminiscences of O. Henry composed by his brother, Shirley W. Porter; and correspondence, clippings and printed materials pertaining to the acquisition of O. Henry manuscripts by GPL and the Greensboro Historical Museum (GHM).
O. Henry Biography / Biography Of O. Henry Main Biography The American shortstory writer William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), the secondson of Dr. Algernon Sidney and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter, http://www.bookrags.com/biography-o-henry/
Extractions: Name: O. Henry Variant Name: William Sydney Porter Birth Date: September 11, 1862 Death Date: June 5, 1910 Place of Birth: Greensboro, North Carolina, United States Place of Death: New York, New York, United States Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: writer O. Henry Main Biography The American short-story writer William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), who wrote under the pseudonym O. Henry, pioneered in picturing the lives of lower-class and middle-class New Yorkers. William Sydney Porter was born in Greensboro, N.C., on Sept. 11, 1862. He attended school for a short time, then clerked in an uncle's drugstore. At the age of 20 he went to Texas, working first on a ranch and later as a bank teller. In 1887 he married and began to write free-lance sketches. A few years later he founded a humorous weekly, the Rolling Stone . When this failed, he became a reporter and columnist on the
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