Greatest American Short Stories (for kids!)

by Mark Twain, Paul Wang (Editor), Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Forty of the greatest short stories in the history of American literature, all written in easy-to-read English for younger readers. Stories include the following:
Ambrose Bierce - A Horseman in the Sky
O. Henry - A Municipal Report
Kate Chopin - A Pair of Silk Stockings
Herman Melville - Bartleby
Washington Irving - The Devil and Tom Walker
Nathaniel Hawthorne - Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Traditional Tall Tale - John Henry
Jack London - Keesh
"Luck" by Mark Twain
"Paul's Case" by Willa Cather
Edgar Allan Poe - The Cask of Amontillado
Nathaniel Hawthorne - Feathertop
Tall Tale - Paul Bunyan
Ambrose Bierce - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Kate Chopin - Anthenaise
Mark Twain - The Californian's Tale
Herman Melville - Benito Cereno
Eleanor Porter - The Lady in Black
O. Henry - The Exact Science of Marriage
Jack London - The God of His Fathers
O. Henry - The Gift of the Magi
Ambrose Bierce - The Boarded Window
Mark Twain - The Celebrated
Stephen Crane - The Open Boat
Frank Stockton - The Lady or the Tiger
Tall Tale - Pecos Bill
Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Ambitious Guest
Jack London - The Law of Life
Washington Irving - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Fitz-James O'Brien - The Diamond Lens
Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Birthmark
Jack London - To Build a Fire
Bret Harte - The Luck of Roaring Camp
Edith Wharton - The Line of Least Resistance
O. Henry - The Ransom of Red Chief
Hamlin Garland - The Return of a Private
Jack London - The Story of an Eyewitness
Edgar Allan Poe - The Tell-Tale Heart
Sarah Orne Jewett - The White Heron
Nathaniel Hawthorne - Rappaccini's Daughter

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162193142
Publisher:	Gerald Murphy
Publication date:	03/29/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	253 KB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), best known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an author and humorist noted for the novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (which has been called "The Great American Novel") and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, among many other books. Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and he spent time as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before finding fame as a writer.

Date of Birth:

November 30, 1835

Date of Death:

April 21, 1910

Place of Birth:

Florida, Missouri

Place of Death:

Redding, Connecticut