These 45 early stories, sketches and poems by the famed O. Henry, nearly all published under the pseudonym of the "Post Man", were discovered in the files of the Houston Post, 1895-1896, by Mary Sunlocks Harrell while she was conducting research in 1934-35 for her M.A. degree at the University of Texas. These writings were published just before O. Henry, or Will Porter as he was known at that time, fled to Honduras in July of 1896 after being charged with embezzlement.
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Running Time:07:07:56 in 6 Audio CDs
1 00 - Preface & Introduction - 26:49
2 01 - A Night Errant - 21:37
3 02 - In Mezzotint - 06:54
4 03 - The Dissipated Jeweler - 15:01
5 04 - How Willie Saved Father - 08:07
6 05 - The Mirage on the Frio - 09:52
7 06 - A Tragedy - 04:30
8 07 - Sufficient Provocation - 02:48
9 08 - The Bruised Reed - 08:00
10 09 - Paderewski’s Hair - 13:30
11 10 - A Mystery of Many Centuries - 03:33
12 11 - A Strange Case - 09:10
13 12 - Simmon’s Saturday Night - 27:35
14 13 - An Unknown Romance - 07:32
15 14 - Jack the Giant Killer - 06:37
16 15 - The Pint Flask - 09:37
17 16 - An Odd Character - 09:19
18 17 - A Houston Romance - 05:41
19 18 - The Legend of San Jacinto - 06:46
20 19 - Binkley’s Practical School of Journalism - 18:22
21 20 - A New Microbe - 04:13
22 21 - Vereton Villa - 17:49
23 22 - Whiskey Did It - 02:37
24 23 - Nothing New Under the Sun - 05:54
25 24 - Led Astray - 17:19
26 25 - A Story for Men - 06:35
27 26 - How She Got in the Swim - 04:46
28 27 - The Barber Talks - 08:26
29 28 - Barbershop Adventure - 14:08
30 29 - Did You See the Circus? - 13:48
31 30 - Thanksgiving Remarks - 07:17
32 31 - When the Train Comes In - 14:42
33 32 - Christmas Eve - 14:46
34 33 - New Year’s Eve - 16:48
35 34 - Watchman, What of the Night? - 20:09
36 35 - Newspaper Poets - 10:24
37 36 - Topical Verse - 01:20
38 37 - Cape Jessamines - 03:53
39 38 - The Cricket - 01:06
40 39 - My Broncho - 01:58
41 40 - The Modern Venus - 01:37
42 41 - Celestial Sounds - 00:49
43 42 - The Snow - 05:27
44 43 - Her Choice - 03:26
45 44 - “Little Things, but Ain’t They Whizzers?” - 06:02
46 45 - Last Fall of the Alamo - 01:38