←Author Index: Wh William Allen White
(1868–1944)
American newspaper editor, politician, and author; winner of a 1923 Pulitzer Prize for his editorial "To an Anxious Friend." In his novels and short stories, White developed his idea of the small town as a metaphor for understanding social change and for preaching the necessity of community.

Works

(partial list)

Fiction

  • The Real Issue: A Book of Kansas Stories (1896)
  • The Court of Boyville (1899)
  • Stratagems and Spoils: Stories of Love and Politics (1901)
  • In Our Town (1906)
  • A Certain Rich Man (1909)
  • God's Puppets (1916)
  • The Martial Adventures of Henry & Me (1918)
  • In the Heart of a Fool (1918)

Poetry

  • Rhymes by Two Friends, with Albert Bigelow Paine (1893)

Short works from magazines

  • "The Country Newspaper" (essay) Harper's Magazine, 1916
  • "James Sears: A Naughty Person" (ss) McClure's Magazine, 1899
  • "The Martyrdom of "Mealy" Jones" (ss) McClure's Magazine, 1897
  • "The Mercy of Death" (ss) Scribner's Magazine, Feb 1900
  • "Much Pomp and Several Circumstances" (ss) McClure's Magazine, 1899
  • "A Recent Confederate Victory" (ss) McClure's Magazine, 1897
  • "Science, St. Skinflint and Santa Claus: A Christmas talk" (essay) The American Magazine, Dec 1906
  • "When Johnny Went Marching Out" (n-f) McClure's Magazine, 1898
  • "What's the Matter with Kansas?", syndicated (1896)

Works about White

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1924.

The author died in 1944, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

 
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