The American Short Story: The Nineteenth CenturyBy: John Stauffer A LANDMARK SHORT STORY COLLECTION: More than 100 short stories by 51 different 19th century writers redefine the great American literary form Incudes both literary masterpiecesincluding classic stories by Poe, Hawthorne, Twain, James, and Whartonand new rediscoveries As much a nineteenth century American invention as baseball, the cotton gin, and the steamboat, the short story emerged here with a range of innovation and a variety of