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O. Henry [1862-1910] and chair      Profile
Original Collections
Later Collections
Single-Story Books
Works About O. Henry
Audio | Video | eBooks
Links

Works  About  O. Henry

Twist At The End mystery novel   "A Twist At The End: A Novel of O. Henry" [2000]
mystery novel by Steven W. Saylor

St Martin pb [12/2001] for $7.50
S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2000] for $17.50
bio by CW   "Will: O.Henry and His Friends" [1999]
by Charles Walnut

1stBooks Library 8x5 pb [1/99] for $10.85

"O. Henry: A Biography of William Sydney Porter" [1990]
by David Stuart
Madison Books/Scarborough hardcover [11/90] out of print/used

"Cheap Rooms & Restless Hearts: A Study of Formula In The Urban
Tales of William Sydney Porter" [1988] by Karen Charmaine Blansfield
Popular Press hardcover [3/88] for $26.95

"Time To Write: How William Sidney Porter Became O. Henry" [1986]
by Trueman E. O'Quinn & Jenny Lind Porter
Eakin Press of Austin TX [3/91] out of print/used

"William Sidney Porter (O. Henry): A Reference Guide" [1980]
by Richard C. Harris
G.K. Hall/MacMillan hardcover [10/80] out of print/used

"O. Henry: The Legendary Life of William S. Porter" [1970]
by Richard O'Connor
Doubleday hardcover [1/70] out of print/used

study by J. Gallegly [1970]

"O. Henry: A Study of The Short Fiction" [1965]
by Eugene Current-Garcia
MacMillan hardcover [6/65] out of print/used

"William Swaim, Fighting Editor: The Story of
O. Henry's Grandfather" [1963] by Ethel S. Arnett
Piedmont Press hardcover [1/63] out of print/rare

"Alias O. Henry: A Biography of William Sidney Porter" [1957]
by Gerald Langford
Greenwood Publng hardcover [6/83] out of print/used

"O. Henry: A Biography" [1916] by Charles Alphonso Smith
Reprint Services hardcover [3/92] for $80.99

eBooks  &  Online  Texts

Heart / West   "Heart of The West" [1907]
Amazon Press MS Reader ebook [2/2001] for $2.99
Grafter   "The Gentle Grafter" [14 stories 1908]
online HTML stories at PageByPage Books
Voice / City   "The Voice of the City" [1908]
Amazon Press MS Reader ebook [3/2001] for $2.99
online text at Authors Directory
online HTML stories at PageByPage Books

"Options" [1909]
online text at Authors Directory
online HTML stories at PageByPage Books

Business   "Strictly Business" [1910]
Amazon Press MS Reader ebook [3/2001] for $2.99
online HTML stories at PageByPage Books
Whirligigs   "Whirligigs" [1910]
Amazon Press MS Reader ebook [3/2001] for $2.99
online text at Authors Directory
Gift / Magi ebooks   "The Gift of the Magi" ebook
Illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger [1982]

Amazon Press MS Reader ebook [3/2001] for $1.99

online text of "The Last of the Troubadours"

online text of "The Caballero's Way" at The Nostalgia League

Montgomery College Online Texts [22 stories]

online text of "The Ransom of Red Chief" at 'The English Server'


Single-Story  Books

Last Leaf   "The Last Leaf"
Illustrated by Robert J. Pailthorpe

Jamestown/N.T.C. pb [6/79] for $8.28
JValentine   "Alias Jimmy Valentine"
Illustrated by Robert J. Pailthorpe

Jamestown/N.T.C. pb [12/80] out of print/used
Jamestown/N.T.C. hardcover [12/80] out of print/used

"The Ransom of Red Chief" & "The Gift of the Magi"
Travelman Series map-fold sheets & envelope [11/2000] for $3.95

"The Caballero's Way"
Online text at The Nostalgia League

"The Last of the Troubadours"
Online text via Lone Star Junction

Click here for "The Gift of the Magi" Page


Plays,  Motion  Pictures,
Television  &  Videos

O. Henry's credits on Internet Movie Database [90+ entries]

"The Ransom of Red Chief" tv movie [Aug 1998]
Starring Christopher Lloyd, Michael Jeter & Haley Joel Osment
video not available; full credits from IMDb

"O. Henry's Jimmy Valentine" [1985 tv movie]
video not available; credits from IMDb

"The World of O. Henry: Five One-Act Plays" [1980]
by Jesse F. Knight
Lion / New Century pb [6/80] out of print/rare

Gift of Love video   "The Gift of Love" ABC tv movie [Dec 1978]
Starring Marie Osmond & Timothy Bottoms; script by Caryl Ledner, based on 'The Gift of the Magi'
Monterey Home Video VHS [8/2003] for $19.95
full credits from IMDb
Red Chief video   "The Ransom of Red Chief" tv movie [1975]
Starring Strother Martin & Jack Elam
Anchor Bay color VHS [7/99] out os stock/used
full credits from IMDb

"The O. Henry Playhouse" [39-episode 1957 tv series]
Hosted by Thomas Mitchell; video not available; credits from IMDb

O. Henry's Full House movie   "O. Henry's Full House" anthology feature film [Fox Oct 1952]
On-screen narration by John Steinbeck; includes "The Cop and the Anthem" directed by Henry Koster; "The Clarion Call" directed by Henry Hathaway; "The Last Leaf" directed by Jean Negulesco; "The Ransom of Red Chief" directed by Howard Hawks; and "The Gift of the Magi" directed by Henry King; actors include Lee Aaker, Fred Allen, Anne Baxter, Jeanne Craine, Farley Granger, Charles Laughton, Oscar Levant, Marilyn Monroe, Jean Peters, Gregory Ratoff, Dale Robertson & Richard Widmark; extras include two featurettes & two 1927 silent shorts
Fox color DVD [11/2006] for $14.99
full credits from IMDb

"Jimmy Valentine" [Broadway play 1910]
Written by Paul Armstrong; Broadway credits at IBDb

The  Cisco  Kid  &  Pancho  Page
at  'Readers of The Purple Sage'  Bookstore

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Audio  Tapes  &  CDs

O. Henry audio catalog at Amazon.com

Gift of the Magi opera   "The Gift of the Magi": An Opera in One Act [2001]
music by David Conte, libretto by Nicholas Giardini

Arsis audio CD [2/2002] for $17.98
Magi by SCP   "The Gift of the Magi"
Performed by St. Charles Players [2000]

Monterey Soundworks audio [11/2000] 2 tapes for $18.94
Cabbages & Kings audio   "Cabbages & Kings" [1999]
Read by Lloyd James

Blackstone UNABR audio [1/99] 5 tapes for $41.94

"Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen" [1999]
DH Audio UNABR [11/99] not available ISBN 1552046230

Between Rounds audio   "Between Rounds: A Collection of Stories" [1998]
Read by Peter Joyce

Beeler/Assembled Stories UNABR audio [1/2003] for $27.97
Favorites audio   "O. Henry Favorites" [1998]
Read by Robert Donley & Jack Whitaker

Chivers UNABR audio [4/98] 6 tapes out of stock/used

Audio Drama 101 Volume I "O. Henry: A Celebration" [1998]
LendAHand/Armadillo audio [5/98] 17 stories out of stock/used

Magi by WP   "The Gift of the Magi"
Narrated by Win Phillips [1997]

DH Audio [1/97] out of stock/used
audio by JW   "O. Henry Short Stories" [1991]
Read by Jack Whitaker

Listening Library [8/91] 2 tapes out of stock/used

"The Ransom of Red Chief" & Other Stories
by O. Henry, Bret Harte et al [1990]
BooksInMotion audio [6/90] for $23.94

"Selected Stories by O. Henry" [1987]
Audio Book Contractors [9/87] for $19.95

"The Best of O. Henry"
Cassette Works [1/85] for $14.94
America Guidance Service [6/73] 26 stories; out of stock/used

"The World of O. Henry" [1984]
Recorded Books audio [6/84] for $28.94

"The Four Million" [1982]
BooksOnTape UNABR audio [10/82] 6 tapes out of stock/used

"Gift of the Magi" & "The Last Leaf"
Read by actor Robert Ryan
Spoken Arts audio [10/87] out of stock/used



Online sales in association with  O. Henry catalog at Amazon

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