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	William Sydney Porter (1862-1910)
		Born William Sidney Porter, this master of short stories is much better known under his pen name "O. Henry." He was born September 11, 1862 in North Carolina, where he spent his childhood.
		She died soon afterward, and in early 1898 Porter was found guilty of the banking charges and sentenced to five years in an Ohio prison.
		Porter died on June 5, 1910 in New York City at the age of forty seven.
	www.lsjunction.com /people/porter.htm (432 words)

	O. Henry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When William was three, his mother died, and he was raised by his paternal grandmother and aunt.
		William was an avid reader, but he left school at the age of fifteen.
		It is believed that Porter found his pen name while in jail, where one of the guards was named Orrin Henry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Sydney_Porter (673 words)

	O. Henry
		Henry was the pen name of the American short story writer William Sydney Porter, who was born in Greensboro, N.C. in 1862.
		Porter was reared by an aunt in Greensboro, where, at the age of fifteen, he went to work in an uncle's drugstore.
		Porter supplemented his work at the bank, a demanding but unfulfilling job, with work on a weekly humor paper he owned, called The Rolling Stone.
	www.peterekstrom.com /henry01.html (617 words)

	William Sydney Porter
		William Sydney Porter, also known as O.Henry, was born on September 11, 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
		Porter was an avid reader and, by age nineteen, had read a wide variety of books and articles that would later influence his literary works.
		Instead Porter sends the narrative in a whole new direction, where instead she supposedly saves him from the mountain lion and does not marry him at the end of the story.
	www.uncp.edu /home/canada/work/allam/18661913/lit/porter.htm (1115 words)

	Ohio Reading Road Trip \| O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		William Sidney Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in North Carolina; he would live thirty-nine years before he legally adopted the infamous pen name.
		In 1897, however, Porter learned that his wife was seriously ill, and he returned to the United States to care for her.
		Porter was tried on an embezzlement charge, and sentenced to five years in the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus.
	www.ohioreadingroadtrip.org /ohenry (787 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Porter was known as a cartoonist during his early years in Greensboro.
		Porter left Houston, supposedly to return to Austin, but fled instead to New Orleans and later to Honduras, leaving Athol and Margaret in Austin.
		In February 1898 Porter was declared guilty and sent to serve five years in a federal penitentiary in Ohio.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/PP/fpo20.html (1093 words)

	O. Henry: An Appreciation
		Like William Sydney Porter I was born in Greensboro, North Carolina.
		Porter developed an interest in books while still very young, but his only formal education was received at the school of an aunt.
		At the age of twenty, Porter moved to Texas primarily for health reasons, and worked on a sheep ranch and lived with some close friends of his family.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/caring_soul/91425 (512 words)

	His Career (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is a little known fact that William would have been pardoned, because his errors were caused by loose bookkeeping rather than criminal intent.
		In 1898 Porter was found guilty of embezzling funds and was sent to serve five years in a federal penitentiary in Ohio.
		William Sydney Porter exited the penitentiary a new man...
	lonestar.utsa.edu /kbox/ohenry5.htm (344 words)

	William Sydney Porter (O. Henry)
		William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) had first come to Texas in 1882, the same year that Oscar Wilde visited the city in June of that year.
		Porter spent most of his Texas residence in Austin, but he made visits to San Antonio, such as in late 1894 and 1895, at approximately the same time that Stephen Crane was here.
		Porter's dealings with Ryder-Taylor, unfortunately, were a mistake, and O. Henry's posthumously published collection of sketches and stories, Rolling Stones (1912), for the most part detracted from his reputation, although the work does contain one or two good stories, such as "A Fog in Santone" (Long 135).
	www.accd.edu /sac/english/mcquien/htmlfils/ohenry2.htm (1385 words)

	Biography of William Sydney Porter
		The most popular short story writer of his era, William Sydney Porter was born on Polecat Creek in Guilford County, and raised and educated in Greensboro by an unmarried aunt who ran a private school.
		Porter moved to New York City in 1902, ostensibly to obtain material, although for the next few years his work continued to reflect his experiences in the southwest and Central America.
		William Sydney Porter's stories follow a standard formula, dealing with commonplace events in the lives of ordinary people and arriving at a surprise ending through coincidence.
	www.ncwriters.org /services/lhof/inductees/wporter.htm (919 words)

	O.Henry
		Henry was born William Sydney Porter in Greenboro, North Carolina.
		When William was three, his mother died, and he was raised by his parental grandmother and paternal aunt.
		William was an avid reader, but at the age of fifteen he left school, and then worked in a drug store and on a Texas ranch.
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /ohenry.htm (1228 words)

	City of Austin - Tours of significant sites in the life of O. Henry
		5) William Porter and Athol Estes may have first met at the ceremony of the placing of the Capitol Cornerstone at the northeast corner of the East Wing of the Capitol Building.
		Porter often worked for his father-in-law here, and the story "Miracle of Lava Canyon" was dispatched from this location.
		Porter, his wife, and mother-in-law all sang in the church choir.
	www.ci.austin.tx.us /news/ohenry_tour.htm (1034 words)

	O. Henry Museum
		This nineteenth century Queen Anne house was home to William Sidney Porter, his wife, and daughter, Margaret, from 1893 until 1896.
		Porter subsequently moved there when he found work in a cigar store.
		Always a dreamer, Porter found the banking job to be a burden and failed to keep his records properly.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/literary_tour/29021 (441 words)

	Dissertations, Essays on Biograph of William Sydney Porter.
		Dissertations, Essays on Biograph of William Sydney Porter.
		On September 11, 1862, William Sydney Porter was born in Greensboro, North Carolina.
		After she died Williams father occupied his time with drinking, and left William to be cared for by his grandmother.
	www.essayboom.com /essay/Biograph_of_William_Sydney_Por-144588.html (175 words)

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		Cheap Rooms and Restless Hearts: A Study of Formula in the Urban Tales of William Sydney Porter
		This book provides close look at the predominant character types and plot patterns found in the urban stories of William Sydney Porter (more familiarly known as O. Henry), analyzing how these elements structure his tales and contribute to his popular formulas.
		Blansfield also examines Porter's adventurous but troubled background--as a ranch hand, cowboy, bank teller, journalist, prisoner, fugitive, and more--to see how his own experience shaped these aspects of his fiction.
	www.tvsforcheap.com /Bad-Santa/Info/2607098 (934 words)

	O Henry - Biography and Works (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A twist of plot, which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance, is typical of O. Henry's stories.
		William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) was born in Greenboro, North Carolina.
		William was an avid reader, but at the age of fifteen he left school, and then worked in a drug store and on a Texas ranch.
	www.online-literature.com /o_henry (469 words)

	City of Austin - AHC: O. Henry's Name
		Author William Sydney Porter chose a distinctive but simple pen name: O. Henry.
		The most popular explanation is that Porter selected his pen name after he moved into the Harrell family home in Austin (Texas) where he called "Oh Henry!" while searching for the family cat.
		William Sydney Porter lived in Austin between 1884 and 1887, a decade before his penitentiary term in Ohio.
	malford.ci.austin.tx.us /library/ahc/ohname.htm (97 words)

	Coconut Telegraph: O.Henry Article
		What we do know is that upon receiving word that his wife back in the States was stricken with a terminal illness, Porter returned home to be with her during her hour of need.
		In order to hide his status as a federal convict, Porter adopted the pen name "O. Henry." By the time he completed his prison sentence, O. Henry stories were appearing in the most popular magazines of the day.
		Although Porter, or O. Henry, died in 1910, he remains one of the most popular and beloved U.S. authors of all time.
	www.bayislands.com /cocotel/feature.htm (719 words)

	Henry_O_nc1
		William Sydney Porter (known as O.Henry) was born on September 11, 1862, in Polecat Creek, North Carolina.
		When he was three his mother died, so he, his father and his brother moved in with their aunt near Greensboro.
		In February of 1898, William Sydney Porter was declared guilty and sentenced to five years in an Ohio State penitentiary.
	www.ncteamericancollection.org /litmap/henry_o_nc1.htm (619 words)

	O.Henry (William Sydney Porter) (1862-1910) - MavicaNET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		William Sydney Porter had a brilliant but boozy career as the writer O. Henry.
		Born William Sidney Porter, this master of short stories is much better known under his pen name "O. Henry." He was born September 11, 1862 in North Carolina, where he spent his childhood.
		His only formal education was received at the school of his Aunt Lina, where he developed a lifelong love of books.
	www.mavicanet.com /directory/nor/18245.html (266 words)

	WILLIAM SYDNEY PORTER (O. HENRY), 1862-1910: Rolling Stones
		WILLIAM SYDNEY PORTER (O. HENRY), 1862-1910: Rolling Stones
		Henry was the pen-name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910)
		In 1884 Porter started a humorous weekly The Rolling Stones and his stories gained an immediate success among readers.
	www.ompersonal.com.ar /omlibrary/ohenry.htm (212 words)

	Porter, William Sydney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Porter, William Sydney (The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition)
		Henry, O (1862-1910)(Pen name of William Sydney Porter) (The Hutchinson Dictionary of the Arts)
		Porter, Katherine Anne (biography) (Her Heritage: A Biographical Encyclopedia of Famous American Women)
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0917676.html (129 words)

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		In early 1898 Porter was found guilty of embezzlement charges and sentenced to five years in an Ohio prison.
		¡:M%3" "ë"óm¨Facts on William Sydney Porter¡&¨ãO. Henry wrote with realistic detail based on his first-hand experiences both in Texas and in New York City.
		¡H¨ZO"13" "ë"óm¨Facts on William Sydney Porter¡&¨ãO. Henry wrote with realistic detail based on his first-hand experiences both in Texas and in New York City.
	ellerbruch.nmu.edu /classes/cs255f01/cs255students/bmaki/P11/OHenryPPShow.ppt (1293 words)

	Ohio Reading Road Trip \| O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		An Exile in Paradise is an article by Raymond Lowry that describes the time William Sydney Porter spent in exile in Honduras.
		Blansfield, Karen Charmaine, Cheap rooms and restless hearts: a study of formula in the urban tales of William Sydney Porter.
		Langford, Gerald, Alias O. Henry: a biography of William Sidney Porter.
	www.ohioreadingroadtrip.org /ohenry/links.html (203 words)

	City of Austin - AHC: Austin home of William Sydney Porter
		This home was first located at 308 East Cedar (East 4th) Street.
		The home is a museum that houses a collection which tells the story of William Sydney Porter's life in Austin.
		The Austin History Center is a division of the Austin Public Library.
	www.ci.austin.tx.us /library/ahc/ohe04.htm (102 words)

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	Define William Sydney Porter : powered by In Dictionary (InDicitonary.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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		William Sydney Porter n : United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910) [syn: Porter, O.
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	Find in a Library: William Sydney Porter (O. Henry), a reference guide
		William Sydney Porter (O. Henry), a reference guide
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	O. Henry: A life that reads like one of his stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Being locked up for embezzlement freed him to write, launching William Sydney Porter on a brilliant but boozy career as O. Henry
		"If the life of William Sydney Porter were written into a short story," Bruce Watson notes, "literary critics would scoff.
		Imagine a frail North Carolina boy going West to live and loaf on a Texas ranch.
	smithsonianmag.com /smithsonian/issues97/jan97/ohenry.html (415 words)

	O.Henry Hotel Greensboro North Carolina
		Each day we strive to maintain and nurture this idea of being a community-based hotel.
		Our namesake, O. Henry, the distinguished and world-renowned short story writer, was born in Greensboro as William Sydney Porter in 1862.
		The 1998 portrait of William Sydney Porter by Frank P. Holton III, commissioned for the opening of the O. Henry Hotel hangs in the hotel lobby.
	www.ohenryhotel.com /about.htm (390 words)

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