Austin History Center, Austin Public Library - 17 Matching Results
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- The Missing Chord: a Tale of Texas
- Short story set on a sheep ranch in Texas.
- A Dinner at _____
- Short story set in New York.
- The Door of Unrest
- Short story about a newspaper editor.
- Holding up a Train
- Short story about holding up a train. A preface by O. Henry says "The man who told me these things was for several years an outlaw in the Southwest...I give the story in almost exactly his own words."
- A Tempered Wind
- Short story about a grafter named Buckingham Skinner.
- The Ransom of Mack
- Short story about two hustlers.
- The Enchanted Kiss
- Short story set in San Antonio
- The Emancipation of Billy
- Short story set in the southern United States.
- Two Renegades
- A man recounts a story from his visit to Panama.
- Hearts and Crosses
- Short story set in Texas.
- The Hypothesis of Failure
- A short story set in a lawyer's office.
- Cabbages and Kings
- This work is O. Henry's first published volume and is considered to be his only novel. The plot is composed of several short stories, which were inspired by the author's six-month stay in Honduras in the late 1890s.
- [Deserted Log Cabin]
- Photograph of the exterior of a deserted log cabin.
- [Texas State Capitol]
- Photograph of the Texas State Capitol building taken from the southwest.
- [University of Texas Old Main Building, front exterior]
- Photograph of University of Texas Old Main Building looking north, possibly up University Avenue, toward Old Main, with Women's Building and Chemistry Building on either side of Old Main. The road is unpaved and the trees are bare.
- Reminiscences of an ex-Confederate soldier : or, Forty years on crutches
- A narrative of a soldier's experiences in the Civil War. T.H. Bowman was a soldier in Company A, William Wirt Adams's regiment of Mississippi Cavalry. He fought in Kentucky and Tennessee, and later settled in Texas.
- The Elm Grove Dairy farm
- Pamphlet printed by the owner of the dairy when he was trying to sell it. Notes the improvements on the dairy, price per various acreage, buildings, and terms of sale.