Half a Hundred Tales by Great American Writers (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781162792019)

Half a Hundred Tales by Great American Writers is a collection of fifty short stories written by some of the most renowned American authors of the 19th and 20th centuries. The stories are selected and edited by Charles Grayson and cover a wide range of genres and themes, including romance, mystery, humor, and horror. Some of the featured authors include Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. The book is designed to offer readers a taste of the diverse and rich literary tradition of American fiction. Each story is accompanied by an introduction that provides context and background information on the author and the story itself. Half a Hundred Tales by Great American Writers is an ideal choice for anyone who loves short stories and wants to explore the best of American literature.Partial Author List: Conrad Aiken; Louis Bromfield; James M. Cain; John Cheever; Marc Connelly; James Gould Cozzens; J. Frank Dobie; William Faulkner; Waldo Frank; Erle Stanley Gardner; James Norman Hall; Dashell Hammett; Ernest Haycox; Ben Hecht; Ernest Hemingway; Josepph Hegesheimer; Paul Horgan; Cyril Hume; Nunnally Johnson; Mackinlay Kantor; Rufus King; John P. Marquand; Christopher Morley; Ernie Pyle; Ellery Queen; John Russell; Irwin Shaw; John Steinbeck; Jesse Stuart; James Thurber;Thornton Wilder and many more.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: Charles Grayson
ISBN-10: 1162792019
ISBN-13: 9781162792019
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2010
Pages: 542
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.09d