William Sydney Porter Research Paper

William Sydney Porter, or O. Henry, as he was known in the world of writing, was a bank teller-turned- short-story writer who often wrote pieces based on his personal struggle as an inmate and a widower. He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on the 11th of September, 1862. He spent a brief period of time in school before working for his uncle as a clerk. When he was twenty, he moved from North Carolina to Texas to work on a ranch and later in a bank. He tried but failed to start a weekly humor column, entitled “The Rolling Stone.” Despite the column’s failure, he continued writing as a reporter and columnist for the Houston Post. Porter was indicted for embezzlement of bank funds in 1896, but escaped charges by moving to New Orleans and