Twenty Grand Great American Short Stories From Scholastic Magazine

by et al. (Authors) Ernestine Taggard (Editor); Dorothy Canfield Fisher (Introduction); John Steinbeck,

From twenty of the finest authors of American fiction comes "Twenty Grand."Don't always look for happy endings...these stories are as real and unpredictable as life itself.

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction, Anthologies

Paperback

First published January 1, 1941

Reviews

[Bruce]

This collection was originally published by Scholastic Magazine in 1947, and is tailor-made for young adults. About half of them are good stories for adults; the other half are pleasant enough tales that fizzle at the end (particularly George Milburn's "A Student in Economics" and Katherine Brush's "Fumble"). They are also typical of their era in sporting a patina of wholesomeness that is sometimes dated (as in "Sixteen" by Maureen Daly) and sometimes refreshing (as in Katherine Ann Porter's "Rope"). My favorite lesser known story is "Eight-Oared Crew" by Harry Sylvester, a suspenseful tale about the attractions of jingoism.

[Garth]

Seek this out at any cost--if you like short stories tehre are some great ones in here--and they're old as hell! I love it! The cover on mine is just "barely there"!

[Alyssa Finch]

I don't remember the exact date that I read this... but I really loved all of the short stories in here!

[Manna_Sue]

Stole this book from my brother (I think he thought he was getting something different when he got it at the book fair in grade school). I read it in high school and look forward to reading it again.

[Tibor Konig]

Selejtezés közben akadtam rá erre az érdekes gyűjteményre: a negyvenes évek egyesült államokbeli fiataljainak készült, akik nem teljesen készek a felnőtt irodalomra, de jobbat érdemelnek a nekik gyártott kalandos és romantikus novelláknál. Elég magas a színvonal, de elsősorban azért, mert néhány kitűnő írás felhúzza az átlagot. Nekem különösen tetszett
- a "Without Words", amiben egy prémvadász üldöz egy indián családot, akik furcsán értelmezik a tulajdon fogalmát,
- az "Eight-Oared Crew", amiben egy kezdő egyetemi evezőscsapat és tapasztalt vezetőjük próbál megbirkózni saját korlátaival és az egyetemi "arisztokrácia" előítéleteivel,
- a "Rope", amiben egy újdonsült házaspár egyre jobban eldurvuló nézeteltérése végül megoldódik, és
- az "A Tooth for Paul Revere", egy mágikus realizmussal kacérkodó történelem-alulnézetből sztori.

Szóval érdekes, de nem tartom meg... :-)

#readandrecycle

[Bap]

I have a tattered copy of this book, I think, that I read at the suggetion of my mother and enjoyed very much even if I can not tell you what the stories were.