(1862-1910) His real name is William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in America. In 1884 he started a humorous weekly The Rolling Stone. His first woek, "Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking" (1899), appeared in McClure's Magazine. Henry's first collection, Cabbages And Kings appeared in 1904. His best-known titles included "The Last of the Troubadours," "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Ransom of Red Chief." Porter grew up in North Carolina, but moved to Texas in the 1880s. He worked ...