Author (11-Sep-1862 — 5-Jun-1910)

SUBJECT OF BOOKS

Paul S. Clarkson. A Bibliography of William Sydney Porter (O. Henry): Being a Record of the Literary Life and Work of America's Greatest and Most Beloved Master of the Short Story. Caldwell, NJ: Caxton Printers. 1938. 161pp.

Richard O'Connor. O. Henry: The Legendary Life of William S. Porter. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co.. 1970. 252pp.

C. Alfonso Smith. O. Henry: A Biography. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Page. 1916. 258pp.

AUTHORITIES

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1. NNDB [link]

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online [link]

3. Internet Movie Database [link]

4. Wikipedia [link]

5. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of American Writers

6. Chambers Biographical Dictionary, 5th Edition (p.698)

7. Webster's American Biographies (p.837)

8. New York Public Library Literature Companion (p.116)

9. Twentieth Century Authors (p.639)

10. Authors Today and Yesterday (pp.304-08)

11. The Oxford Companion to American Literature, 5th Edition (p.600)

12. Benet's Readers Encyclopedia, 4th Edition (p.464)

13. Hutchinson Paperback Dictionary of Biography (p.230)

14. Concise Biographical Dictionary of Famous Men and Women (p.549)

15. Concise Dictionary of American Biography (p.814)

16. The World Almanac Biographical Dictionary (p.7)

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