Heart of the West
by O. Henry
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About This Book
Heart of the West's humorous and sentimental stories of sheepherders, cowpunchers, trail cooks, prospectors, outlaws, and Texas Rangers offer the modern reader a window into the often-mythologized American West. Perhaps reflecting O. Henry's own experience as a young man in the middle of nowhere, where women were few and far between, many of the stories are comic tales of romantic rivalry, usually featuring two bluff and feckless young men in competition for the attention of the same rather remote and demanding young woman. Among the short stories are "The Handbook of Hymen," "Cupid a la Carte...
Chapters (22)
- HEART OF THE WEST
- CONTENTS
- HEART OF THE WEST
- I HEARTS AND CROSSES
- II THE RANSOM OF MACK
- III TELEMACHUS, FRIEND
- IV THE HANDBOOK OF HYMEN
- V THE PIMIENTA PANCAKES
- VI SEATS OF THE HAUGHTY
- VII HYGEIA AT THE SOLITO
- VIII AN AFTERNOON MIRACLE
- IX THE HIGHER ABDICATION
- X CUPID À LA CARTE
- XI THE CABALLERO’S WAY
- XII THE SPHINX APPLE
- XIII THE MISSING CHORD
- XIV A CALL LOAN
- XV THE PRINCESS AND THE PUMA
- XVI THE INDIAN SUMMER OF DRY VALLEY JOHNSON
- XVII CHRISTMAS BY INJUNCTION
- XVIII A CHAPARRAL PRINCE
- XIX THE REFORMATION OF CALLIOPE
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