Sandburrs (Illustrated)

by Alfred Henry Lewis

Overview

Sandburrs is a collection of 51 short stories. Some are original, others were previously published in Lewis' novels. The settings range from the far Southwest to the Bowery in New York city. They include drama, humor, joy and sadness. Everyone will find something to like.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161140130
Publisher:	New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1898
Publication date:	11/25/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Alfred Henry Lewis (January 20, 1855 - December 23, 1914) was an American investigative journalist, lawyer, novelist, editor, and short story writer. He began his career as a staff writer at the Chicago Times, and eventually became editor of the Chicago Times-Herald.

During the late 19th century, he wrote muckraker articles for Cosmopolitan. As an investigative journalist, Lewis wrote extensively about corruption in New York politics. This was the subject of his book The Boss, and How He Came to Rule New York, which focused on the Tammany Hall society of the 18th century. He also wrote biographies of Irish-American politician Richard Croker (1843-1922), and of Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), seventh President of the United States.

As a writer of genre fiction, his most successful works were in his Wolfville series of Western fiction, which he continued writing until he died of gastrointestinal disease in 1914.