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020			_a9780312648039 (hardcover)
020			_a0312648030 (hardcover)
040			_cVPW
082	0	4	_a813 THO 2011 A097 Or.
245	0	0	_a21 essential American short stories /
246	3		_aTwenty one essential American short stories
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bThomas Dunne Books, _c2011.
300			_axv, 300 p. ; _c25 cm.
520			_aThis book is a collection of beloved stories that have comprised an important part of the fabric of our culture, from the earliest days of our nation to the twentieth century. Some of the stories, such as Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle," O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi," William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper," and James Thurber's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," have been long regarded as literary classics, while others, such as Frank Stockton's "The Lady or the Tiger?" and Ellis Parker Butler's "Pigs Is Pigs," are lesser known but well worth discovering. The carefully selected stories, each preceded by an illuminating headnote, powerfully illustrate the varied richness of our national literature and history. This beautifully packaged volume, containing the unforgettable classic short stories that evoke our shared American tradition and national identity, makes the perfect gift for the short story aficionado and novice alike. --From publisher description.
650		0	_aShort stories, American.
700	1		_aPockell, Leslie.
942			_cEK
999			_c15959 _d15959