The Short Stories of Frank Harris

by Frank Harris, Elmer Gertz (Editor)

Now largely out of print and inacces­sible, and overshadowed since his death in 1931 by the Frank Harris legend and by his reputation as the author of the notorious My Life and Loves, the stories nevertheless bear witness to the com­bination of diverse qualities that has dis­tinguished Harris’s work at its best. This extraordinary collection is designed to serve today’s readers as an introduction to the work of the controversial, gifted, and flamboyant writer. To the stories themselves, Mr. Gertz, Harris’s first biographer and lifelong student of his work, has added a Preface and an After­word on the writer, his life, and his in­fluence.

Eatin' crow
The best man in Garotte
The sheriff and his partner
Montes: the matador
The miracle of the stigmata
The magic glasses
The holy man
The King of the Jews
A daughter of Eve
Akbar: "the mightiest."
St. Peter's difficulty
The extra eight days
A mad love
A Chinese story
The tom cat, an apologue
Afterword: the legend of Frank Harris

320 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1975

About the author

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Frank Harris was an editor, journalist and publisher, who was friendly with many well-known figures of his day. Born in Ireland, he emigrated to America early in life, working in a variety of unskilled jobs before attending the University of Kansas to read law. He eventually became a citizen there. After graduation he quickly tired of his legal career and returned to Europe in 1882.

He travelled on continental Europe before settling in London to pursue a career in journalism. Though he attracted much attention during his life for his irascible, aggressive personality, editorship of famous periodicals, and friendship with the talented and famous, he is remembered mainly for his multiple-volume memoir My Life and Loves, which was banned in countries around the world for its sexual explicitness.