An edition of Whirligigs (1910)

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An edition of Whirligigs (1910)

Whirligigs

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O. Henry's short, simple stories are noted for their careful plotting, ironic coincidences, and surprise endings. Contents: The World and the Door; The Theory and the Hound; The Hypotheses of Failure; Calloway's Code; A Matter of Mean Elevation; "Girl"; Sociology in Serge and Straw; The Ransom of Red Chief; The Marry Month of May; A Technical Error; Suite Homes and their Romance; The Whirligig of Life; A Sacrifice Hit; The Roads We Take; A Blackjack Bargainer; The Song and the Sergeant; One Dollar's Worth; A Newspaper Story; Tommy's Burglar; A Chaparral Christmas Gift; A Little Local Color; Georgia's Ruling; Blind Man's Holiday; Madame Bo-Peep, of the Ranches.

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English
Pages
314

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Cover of: Whirligigs
Whirligigs
1920, Doubleday, Page
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Whirligigs
1919, Doubleday, Page & Company, for Review of Reviews Co.
Cover of: Whirligigs.
Whirligigs.
1918, Doubleday, Page & company, for Review of reviews co.
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Whirligigs
1918, Doubleday, Page
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Whirligigs
1913, Doubleday, Page for Review of Reviews
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Whirligigs
1910, Doubleday, Page & Co.
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Whirligigs
1910, Doubleday, Page & company
in English
Cover of: Whirligigs
Whirligigs
1910, Doubleday, Doran & Co. for Review of Reviews
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1910, Doubleday, Page & Co.
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Table of Contents

The world and the door
The theory and the hound
The hypotheses of failure
Calloway's code
A matter of mean elevation
"Girl"
Sociology in serge and straw
The ransom of Red Chief
The marry month of May
A technical error
Suite homes and their romance
The whirligig of life
A sacrifice hit
The roads we take
A blackjack bargainer
The song and the sergeant
One dollar's worth
A newspaper story
Tommy's burglar
A chaparral Christmas gift
A little local colour
Georgia's ruling
Blind man's holiday
Madame Bo-Peep, of the ranches.

Edition Notes

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.4
Library of Congress
PZ3.P835 Wh, PS2649.P67 W4

The Physical Object

Pagination
vi, 314 p.
Number of pages
314

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24197153M
Internet Archive
whirligigs00henr
LCCN
10020844
OCLC/WorldCat
1405926

First Sentence

"A FAVOURITE dodge to get your story read by the public is to assert that it is true, and then add that Truth is stranger than Fiction."

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