Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
This book contains Benét’s second collection of short stories published in 1939. Contents include: Into Egypt, Johnny Pye and the Fool-Killer, O’Halloran’s Luck, Jacob and the Indians, The Die-Hard, The Story About the Anteater, Too Early Spring, The Last of the Legions and others. We are republishing this classic book with a new introductory biography of the author. Benét was an accomplished writer at an early age, having had his first book published at 17. His best known works are the book-length narrative poem American Civil War, John Brown’s Body (1928), and two short stories, The Devil and Daniel Webster (1936) and By the Waters of Babylon (1937).
