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Overview: All of the 30 selections in this volume are shorter short stories. They were chosen after a classroom experiment extending over a period of nearly four years. – IntroductionThese stories are by various authors, some familiar, some not. They average less than 2,000 words in length and are billed as shorter short stories. This edition was put together by a couple of men involved with the Evanston Township High School in Evanston, IL and come with questions and tests about the contents after each group of five stories.

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16130871
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Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.
Publication date
January 7, 1940
Language
Eng
Pages
303 pages
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William R. Wood is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, William R. Wood can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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