Oxford Book of American Short Stories
Publisher: Tandem Library
Published: September 1994
Language: eng
Format: Unknown Binding
ISBN-13: 9781417750955
Subjects: American - General; Anthologies (multiple authors); Literature - Classics / Criticism
First sentence: Born in New York City on April 3, 1783, the last of eleven children of a wealthy Scottish merchant and an Englishwoman, Washington Irving is our first American writer to achieve a distinguished international reputation; the first to become a "classic" during his own lifetime.