O. Henry

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O. Henry

• By Megan Drabek, Joe Trapp, Peter Gagliardo and
  Tim Barraclough

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William Sidney Porter

• He was born September 11, 1862 in North Carolina.
• His only form of learning was received from his
  Aunt Lina.
• As a child he developed a love for reading.
• In his uncle's pharmacy, he became a licensed
  pharmacist in his teens.

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Later in Life

• At age 20, he moved to Texas to work on a sheep
  ranch.
• In 1884, Porter first used his pen name, O.
  Henry, which was inspired by the call, "Oh,
  'Henry'" the family cat.

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His Family

• In 1887 he met Athol Estes, they eloped in July
  of that year.
• They had two children, a son who died shortly
  after he was born and a daughter Margaret.

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An Unfortunate Turn

• Because of O. Henrys money problems, he was
  imprisoned in 1889.
• In order to support his daughter Margaret, he
  wrote short stories while in jail and sold them.

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Some of O. Henrys Work

• A Retrieved Reformation
• The Gift of the Magi
• Calloway's Code
• The Last Leaf
• The Ransom of Red Chief
• Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet
• The Clarion Call
• The Man Higher Up
• The Roads We Take
• "Girl"

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In The End
The grave site where O. Henry is buried.

• Porter died on June 5, 1910 in New York City at
  the age of forty seven from alcohol abuse.
• After he died an O. Henry Museum was made in his
  honor.
• The museum is in Austin, Texas, O. Henrys
  hometown.