The best short stories of 1916, and the yearbook of the American short story
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| Editor | O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1890-1941 |
|---|---|
| Title | The best short stories of 1916, and the yearbook of the American short story |
| Original Publication | Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1916, copyright 1917. |
| Contents | The sacrificial altar, by Gertrude Atherton -- Miss Willett, by Barry Benefield -- Supers, by Frederick Booth -- Fog, by Dana Burnet -- Ma's pretties, by Francis Buzzell -- The great auk, by Irvin S. Cobb -- The lost Phoebe, by Theodore Dreiser -- The silent infare, by Armistead C. Gordon -- The cat of the cane-brake, by Frederick Stuart Greene -- Making port, by Richard Matthews Hallet -- "Ice water, pl--!" by Fannie Hurst -- Little selves, by Mary Lerner -- The sun chaser, by Jeannette Marks -- At the end of the road, by Walter J. Muilenburg -- The big stranger on Dorchester Heights, by Albert Du Verney Pentz -- The Menorah, by Benjamin Rosenblatt -- Penance, by Elsie Singmaster -- Feet of gold, by Gordon Arthur Smith -- Down on their knees, by Wilbur Daniel Steele -- Half-past ten, by Alice L. Tildesley. |
| Credits | Chuck Greif and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Short stories, American |
| Subject | American fiction -- 20th century |
| Subject | Short stories -- 20th century -- Bibliography |
| Subject | Short stories -- 20th century -- Indexes |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 79656 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-79656-7 |
| Release Date | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 4262 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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