Great American Short Stories

This outstanding collection of short stories by twenty-six of America’s most celebrated writers provides a comprehensive survy of the origin and growth of this literary form. The selections in this volume represent each author working at the very height of his or her powers producing memorable, brilliant fiction. Each story, too, is illustrative of the growth of the short story form, done to perfection by the writers who left their indelible mark on our national literary heritage.

This book is used with the Gold Book American Literature (High School) from Learning Language Arts Through Literature.