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[Short Story About Election Votes]
Short story regarding a bet made between a lawyer and a surgeon during a political race in Texas.
Date:
1930~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Short Story About a Sickly Boy and a Kindly Native American]
Short story regarding a sickly young boy named Johnnie who becomes healthier with the help of a Native American man named "Indian Joe" or "Indian Charlie."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Short Story About Two Farmers and the Transplantation of Corn]
Short story regarding two farmers named Johnnie and Herman. Johnnie makes neophyte farmer Herman aware of the proper practices of raising corn.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Story of Lucian Talahasse Corwin]
Story of the experiences of Lucian Talahasse Corwin's experiences at a Texas frontier cavalry outpost.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jack Silver
Story of the experiences of Jack Silver, an American soldier that was missing in action in France following World War I.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Memento
Short story about two former Broadway actresses.
Date:
February 1908
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buried Treasure
Short story developed during O. Henry's time working as a draftsman at the Texas General Land Office.
Date:
July 1908
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rouge et Noire
A short story about the banana trade in Central America based on O. Henry's experiences in Honduras in the late 1890s. This is perhaps the first instance of O. Henry's use of the term "banana republic."
Date:
December 1901
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Flag Paramount
A short story set in Central America and based on O. Henry's experiences in Honduras in the late 1890s.
Date:
January 1902
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Passing of Black Eagle
A short story set in Texas.
Date:
March 1902
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History
October and June
A short story about the age difference between a captain and the woman he is courting.
Date:
June 1903
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Remorse
A three-stanza poem by O. Henry and published under the pen name S. H. Peters.
Date:
July 1903
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History
At Arms with Morpheus
A short story about two young medical students.
Date:
October 1903
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson
A short story set in Texas.
Date:
February 1907
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The World and the Door
A short story about a New York broker who flees to Central America.
Date:
August 1907
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"What You Want"
A short story about a wealthy man and a hat-cleaner in New York City.
Date:
September 1908
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Discounters of Money
A short story about a young millionaire in New York City.
Date:
October 1908
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Enchanted Profile
A short story about a wealthy woman and a young typist.
Date:
November 1908
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Retrieved Reform
A short story about Jimmy Valentine, a young safe-cracker.
Date:
April 1903
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Fog in Santone
A short story set in San Antonio. "The only story by O. Henry not hitherto published--the last echo of his days of popularity."
Date:
October 1912
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Quest of Soapy
"This is one of the best and most characteristic of the sketches of lower New York life by O. Henry...The story under another title--"The Cop and the Anthem"--appears in the collection of O. Henry's stories, "The Four Million."
Date:
November 1908
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Marionettes
Short story about a doctor who leads a double-life as a burglar.
Date:
April 1902
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Missing Chord: a Tale of Texas
Short story set on a sheep ranch in Texas.
Date:
June 1904
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History
To Him Who Waits
Short story about a hermit living in the Catskills.
Date:
January 1909
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
System:
The Portal to Texas History