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C. Alphonso Smith

About the Author

Charles Alphonso Smith (1864-1924), a native of O. Henry’s hometown of Greensboro, North Carolina, published the first full-length biography of O. Henry. Included among his works is What Can Literature Do for Me? He was named Poe Professor of English at the University of Virginia and head of the English Department at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis.

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