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First-prize stories, 1919-1960 : from the O. Henry Memorial Awards / introduction by Harry Hansen.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Garden City, N.Y., Hanover House, c1960.Description: xii, 615 p. ; 22 cmUniform titles:
  • Prize stories. The O. Henry awards.
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS648.S5 P74 1919-1960
Contents:
1919. England to America / Margaret Prescott Montague -- 1920. Each in his generation / Maxwell Struthers Burt -- 1921. The heart of little Shikara / Edison Marshall -- 1922. Snake Doctor / Irvin S. Cobb -- 1923. Prelude / Edgar Valentine Smith -- 1924. The Spring Flight / Inez Haynes Irwin -- 1925. Mr. Bisbee's Princess / Julian Street -- 1926. Bubbles / Wilbur Daniel Steele -- 1927. Child of God / Roark Bradford -- 1928. The Parrot / Walter Duranty -- 1929. Big blonde / Dorothy Parker -- 1930. Dressing-up / W.R. Burnett -- 1931. Can't cross Jordan by myself / Wilbur Daniel Steele -- 1932. An end to dreams / Stephen Vincent Benet -- 1933. Gal young un / Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings -- 1934. No more trouble for Jedwick / Louis Paul -- 1935. The white horses of Vienna / Kay Boyle -- 1936. Total stranger / James Gould Cozzens -- 1937. The devil and Daniel Webster / Stephen Vincent Benet -- 1938. The happiest man on earth / Albert Maltz -- 1939. Barn burning / William Faulkner -- 1940. Freedom's a hard-bought thing / Stephen Vincent Benet -- 1941. Defeat / Kay Boyle -- 1942. The wide net / Eudora Welty -- 1944. Walking wounded / Irwin Shaw -- 1945. The wind and the snow of winter / Walter Van Tilburg Clark -- 1946. Bird song / John Mayo Goss -- 1947. The white circle / John Bell Clayton -- 1948. Shut a final door / Truman Capote -- 1949. A courtship / William Faulkner -- 1950. The blue-winged teal / Wallace Stegner -- 1951. The hunters / Harris Downey -- 1954. The Indian feather / Thomas Mabry -- 1955. In the zoo / Jean Stafford -- 1956. The country husband / John Cheever -- 1957. Greenleaf / Flannery O'Connor -- 1958. In sickness as in health / Martha Gelhorn -- 1959. Venus, Cupid, Folly and time / Peter Taylor -- 1960. The ledge / Lawrence Sargent Hall.

The O. Henry awards.

1919. England to America / Margaret Prescott Montague -- 1920. Each in his generation / Maxwell Struthers Burt -- 1921. The heart of little Shikara / Edison Marshall -- 1922. Snake Doctor / Irvin S. Cobb -- 1923. Prelude / Edgar Valentine Smith -- 1924. The Spring Flight / Inez Haynes Irwin -- 1925. Mr. Bisbee's Princess / Julian Street -- 1926. Bubbles / Wilbur Daniel Steele -- 1927. Child of God / Roark Bradford -- 1928. The Parrot / Walter Duranty -- 1929. Big blonde / Dorothy Parker -- 1930. Dressing-up / W.R. Burnett -- 1931. Can't cross Jordan by myself / Wilbur Daniel Steele -- 1932. An end to dreams / Stephen Vincent Benet -- 1933. Gal young un / Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings -- 1934. No more trouble for Jedwick / Louis Paul -- 1935. The white horses of Vienna / Kay Boyle -- 1936. Total stranger / James Gould Cozzens -- 1937. The devil and Daniel Webster / Stephen Vincent Benet -- 1938. The happiest man on earth / Albert Maltz -- 1939. Barn burning / William Faulkner -- 1940. Freedom's a hard-bought thing / Stephen Vincent Benet -- 1941. Defeat / Kay Boyle -- 1942. The wide net / Eudora Welty -- 1944. Walking wounded / Irwin Shaw -- 1945. The wind and the snow of winter / Walter Van Tilburg Clark -- 1946. Bird song / John Mayo Goss -- 1947. The white circle / John Bell Clayton -- 1948. Shut a final door / Truman Capote -- 1949. A courtship / William Faulkner -- 1950. The blue-winged teal / Wallace Stegner -- 1951. The hunters / Harris Downey -- 1954. The Indian feather / Thomas Mabry -- 1955. In the zoo / Jean Stafford -- 1956. The country husband / John Cheever -- 1957. Greenleaf / Flannery O'Connor -- 1958. In sickness as in health / Martha Gelhorn -- 1959. Venus, Cupid, Folly and time / Peter Taylor -- 1960. The ledge / Lawrence Sargent Hall.

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