About
Five great American short story writers, dating from the turn of the nineteenth/twentieth centuries are represented here. Different in atmosphere and writing style, they nevertheless caught the mood and concerns of the day in a way that was distinctly American. Includes: The Last Leaf by O. Henry; Jack London's Brown Wolf; An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce; Stephen Crane's the Veteran; The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain; and more.