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| Author | : O. Henry |
| Publisher | : The Creative Company |
| Total Pages | : 32 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9781583415856 |
Two men kidnap a mischievous boy and request a large ransom for his return.
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| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : High interest-low vocabulary books |
| ISBN | : 9780076015849 |
"Two men want to get rich in a hurry. They kidnap the son of a rich man and write a ransom note. Then they wait for the money." - p. [4] of cover.
| Author | : O Henry |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 130 |
| Release | : 2019-06-23 |
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| ISBN | : 9780359747658 |
O. Henry's short stories brim with lively wit and wisdom, sudden twist endings and amusing characterizations, plus memorable moral lessons. An iconic author at his height in the early 20th century, O. Henry was industrious and prolific, turning out short stories at astonishing speed. This anthology contains 24 of his finest tales, with highlights being a parody of Sherlock Holmes named ?Shamrock Jolnes?, and send-ups of certain frivolous yet monied city dwellers. The breezy dialogue and descriptive prose tend to be witty and playful, with the author occasionally venturing to the satirical in his plotting. The titular story is among O. Henry's most famous; a pair of opportunistic crooks kidnap the son of a wealthy Alabama businessman, hoping to collect a hefty ransom. They are soon driven to their wits end however, when the boy turns out to be a wildly misbehaving brat. The boy's father makes a counteroffer: for a modest sum, he?ll take the boy back. The kidnappers agree and the youngster is returned.
| Author | : Caroline B. Cooney |
| Publisher | : Delacorte Press |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2011-08-09 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0375899235 |
Deerfield, Massachusetts is one of the most remote, and therefore dangerous, settlements in the English colonies. In 1704 an Indian tribe attacks the town, and Mercy Carter becomes separated from the rest of her family, some of whom do not survive. Mercy and hundreds of other settlers are herded together and ordered by the Indians to start walking. The grueling journey -- three hundred miles north to a Kahnawake Indian village in Canada -- takes more than 40 days. At first Mercy's only hope is that the English government in Boston will send ransom for her and the other white settlers. But days turn into months and Mercy, who has become a Kahnawake daughter, thinks less and less of ransom, of Deerfield, and even of her "English" family. She slowly discovers that the "savages" have traditions and family life that soon become her own, and Mercy begins to wonder: If ransom comes, will she take it?
| Author | : O. Henry |
| Publisher | : Dramatic Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 76 |
| Release | : 1964 |
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| ISBN | : 9780871294005 |
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| Publisher | : Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 44 |
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| Author | : David Malouf |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 2010-01-05 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0307378934 |
In his first novel in more than a decade, award-winning author David Malouf reimagines the pivotal narrative of Homer’s Iliad—one of the most famous passages in all of literature. This is the story of the relationship between two grieving men at war: fierce Achilles, who has lost his beloved Patroclus in the siege of Troy; and woeful Priam, whose son Hector killed Patroclus and was in turn savaged by Achilles. A moving tale of suffering, sorrow, and redemption, Ransom is incandescent in its delicate and powerful lyricism and its unstated imperative that we imagine our lives in the glow of fellow feeling.
| Author | : Sharon Kay Penman |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 704 |
| Release | : 2014-03-04 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0698167171 |
Sharon Kay Penman follows up her acclaimed novel Lionheart with this vivid and heart-wrenching New York Times bestseller about the last event-filled years in the life of Richard I of England, Coeur de Lion. November 1192. After his bloody crusade in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Richard and his crew are overcome by a sudden storm, its fierce winds propelling the ship onto the Sicilian shore. But this misfortune is just the beginning. Forced to make a dangerous choice, Richard finds himself in enemy territory, where he is captured—in violation of the papal decree protecting all crusaders—and handed over to the Holy Roman Emperor. Imprisoned in the notorious fortress at Trifels, from which few ever leave alive, Richard, for the first time in his life, experiences pure, visceral fear—while his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, moves heaven and earth to secure his release. Amid betrayals, intrigues, infidelities, wars, and illness, Richard’s courage and intelligence will become legend.
| Author | : O. Henry |
| Publisher | : NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 2000-07-14 |
| Genre | : Alabama |
| ISBN | : 9780890611890 |
Sam and Bill's plan to kidnap Ebenezer Dorset Jr. backfires when the victim assumes the intimidating role of Red Chief.
| Author | : O. Henry |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 32 |
| Release | : 2020-04-20 |
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|| The Gift of The Magi || "The Gift of the Magi" is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been popular for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time. The plot and its twist ending are well-known, and the ending is generally considered an example of comic irony. It was allegedly written at Pete's Tavern on Irving Place in New York City.***The Ransom of The Red Chief *** : "The Ransom of Red Chief" is a 1910 short story by O. Henry first published in The Saturday Evening Post. It follows two men who kidnap and attempt to ransom a wealthy Alabamian's son; eventually, the men are driven crazy by the boy's spoiled and hyperactive behavior, and pay the boy's father to take him back.The story and its main idea have become a part of popular culture, with many children's television programs using a version of the story as one of their episodes. Things make it different from other books:1. Illustrations2. Author Biography3. Summary
