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The Ransom of Red Chief is a wonderfully funny and ironic story about two inexperienced kidnappers and their unusual ?evictim'f, with a great surprise ending. O. Henry'fs unique talent enabled him to create a world full of ordinary people who did extraordinary things. Informational Sections: ?The Origins of the American Police
O. Henry is the pen name of William Sidney Porter, who was born on September 11, 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Porter was a licensed pharmacist and worked on a sheep ranch in Texas. He was a draftsman for the General Land Office and a teller for the First National Bank of Texas. He was convicted of embezzlement and eventually served five years in prison.
While in prison, he began writing short stories under his pseudonym and eventually wrote over 300. As O. Henry, Porter is one of America's best known writers, and his stories, such as "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Ransom of Red Chief", are still taught in schools. In 1918, the O. Henry Awards, an annual anthology of short stories, was established in his honor.
Porter died on June 5, 1910.
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