Five hundred short stories and anecdotal sketches WS Porter's fiction often occurs in familiar US environments and settings that he had known well during his short tenure on this planet particularly New York City Southern Texas the mountains of Tennessee Central America and the post Civil War American South Most interestingly many of O Henry's terrific short stories were authored while he was in jail In 1892 Porter moved to Texas and soon became a teller at an Austin bank where the institution's officials accused him of illegally manipulating funds into his own account Porter fled to Central America but upon returning to the states after.
ohenry mobile OHenry KindleFive hundred short stories and anecdotal sketches WS Porter's fiction often occurs in familiar US environments and settings that he had known well during his short tenure on this planet particularly New York City Southern Texas the mountains of Tennessee Central America and the post Civil War American South Most interestingly many of O Henry's terrific short stories were authored while he was in jail In 1892 Porter moved to Texas and soon became a teller at an Austin bank where the institution's officials accused him of illegally manipulating funds into his own account Porter fled to Central America but upon returning to the states after.