01513cam a2200169 a 4500020003000000020002700030040000800057082002600065245004200091246004800133250001200181260004300193300002500236520103200261650002901293700002101322  a9780312648039 (hardcover)  a0312648030 (hardcover)  cVPW04a813 THO 2011 A097 Or.00a21 essential American short stories /3 aTwenty one essential American short stories  a1st ed.  aNew York :bThomas Dunne Books,c2011.  axv, 300 p. ;c25 cm.  aThis book is a collection of beloved stories that have comprised an important part of the fabric of our culture, from the earliest days of our nation to the twentieth century. Some of the stories, such as Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle," O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi," William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper," and James Thurber's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," have been long regarded as literary classics, while others, such as Frank Stockton's "The Lady or the Tiger?" and Ellis Parker Butler's "Pigs Is Pigs," are lesser known but well worth discovering. The carefully selected stories, each preceded by an illuminating headnote, powerfully illustrate the varied richness of our national literature and history. This beautifully packaged volume, containing the unforgettable classic short stories that evoke our shared American tradition and national identity, makes the perfect gift for the short story aficionado and novice alike. --From publisher description. 0aShort stories, American.1 aPockell, Leslie.