O. Henry

by C. Alphonso Smith

Originally published in 1916, this was the first full-length biography of O. Henry, based upon original letters and sources.C. Alphonso Smith (1864-1924) was born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina, O. Henry's hometown, and knew the writer as a fellow townsman as well as a subject for literary biography. The author of several works on philology and poetics, and of more popular guides such as What Can Literature Do for Me?, Smith was Poe Professor of English at the University of Virginia and spent his last years as head of the English Department at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis.

258 pages, Paperback

First published September 27, 2015

About the author

Charles Alphonso Smith, better known as C. Alphonso Smith, was an American Professor of English, college dean, philologist, and folklorist.

Reviews

[Samgeorge]

Confusing

This is a hard read. Hard to follow but is necessary if you like to read O Henry .
Explains where he gets his ideas for stories.