The complete online text of Roads of Destiny by O. Henry.

The American short-story writer William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), who wrote under the pseudonym O. Henry, pioneered in picturing the lives of lower-class and middle-class New Yorkers. William Sydney Porter was born in Greensboro, N.C., on Sept. 11, 1862...

Perhaps the reputation of no other American writer has undergone a more rapid and drastic reversal than that of William Sydney Porter. Writing under the pseudonym O. Henry during the first decade of the twentieth century, Porter commanded a readership in...

When William Sydney Porter had his first book, Cabbages and Kings (1904), published he had only six more years to live. But, with his identity hidden beneath the legendary pen name O. Henry, the fame of his short stories was already firmly established in...

Dale Hofmann Street takes detour on road to destiny By DALE HOFMANN of the Journal Sentinel staff Tuesday, February 12, 2002 Snowbasin Ski Area, Utah -- If this really is Picabo Street's mountain, she needs to make it behave....

Byline: Luaine Lee Scripps Howard News Before they became the lead story in People Magazine, celebrities were just like the rest of us, working at dead-end jobs for little money and less prestige. Joan Rivers was a fashion coordinator. Robert Pastorelli...