O. Henry Encore
O. Henry
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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. (Summary by Fritz) (7 hr 7 min)
Chapters
| Preface & Introduction | 26:49 | Read by Thomhand |
| A Night Errant | 21:34 | Read by Thomhand |
| In Mezzotint | 6:53 | Read by Thomhand |
| The Dissipated Jeweler | 14:59 | Read by Thomhand |
| How Willie Saved Father | 8:06 | Read by Thomhand |
| The Mirage on the Frio | 9:52 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| A Tragedy | 4:29 | Read by Thomhand |
| Sufficient Provocation | 2:48 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| The Bruised Reed | 8:00 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| Paderewski’s Hair | 13:30 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| A Mystery of Many Centuries | 3:33 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| A Strange Case | 9:10 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| Simmon’s Saturday Night | 27:35 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| An Unknown Romance | 7:31 | Read by Thomhand |
| Jack the Giant Killer | 6:37 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| The Pint Flask | 9:37 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| An Odd Character | 9:19 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| A Houston Romance | 5:41 | Read by Thomhand |
| The Legend of San Jacinto | 6:46 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| Binkley’s Practical School of Journalism | 18:20 | Read by Thomhand |
| A New Microbe | 4:13 | Read by Thomhand |
| Vereton Villa | 17:49 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| Whiskey Did It | 2:37 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| Nothing New Under the Sun | 5:53 | Read by Thomhand |
| Led Astray | 17:19 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| A Story for Men | 6:34 | Read by Thomhand |
| How She Got in the Swim | 4:46 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| The Barber Talks | 8:26 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| Barbershop Adventure | 14:08 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| Did You See the Circus? | 13:48 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| Thanksgiving Remarks | 7:17 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| When the Train Comes In | 14:42 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| Christmas Eve | 14:44 | Read by Thomhand |
| New Year’s Eve | 16:45 | Read by Thomhand |
| Watchman, What of the Night? | 20:09 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| Newspaper Poets | 10:23 | Read by Thomhand |
| Topical Verse | 1:20 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| Cape Jessamines | 3:53 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| The Cricket | 1:06 | Read by Thomhand |
| My Broncho | 1:58 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| The Modern Venus | 1:37 | Read by Thomhand |
| Celestial Sounds | 0:48 | Read by Thomhand |
| The Snow | 5:26 | Read by Thomhand |
| Her Choice | 3:26 | Read by Thomhand |
| “Little Things, but Ain’t They Whizzers?” | 6:02 | Read by Phil Schempf |
| Last Fall of the Alamo | 1:38 | Read by Phil Schempf |