American Short Stories

This is a general anthology of American short fiction, gathering stories by many writers rather than a single author's collection. The pieces typically run from nineteenth-century sketches and regional tales through modern and later stories set in cities, small towns, and on the road. Subjects vary with the contributors: family, work, race, war, courtship, and the pressures of money or conscience. The volume is a sampler of the American short story as a form, not a continuous novel; each piece is complete in itself, and the book offers range of voice and period rather than one plot or one region.

Bound in orange cloth decorated in dark red, red and gold. Black slipcase with pattern and title printed on front.