Ransom of Red Chief [Hardcover]

O. Henry (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1940 | ISBN-10: 0891903429 | ISBN-13: 978-0891903420

Starters are an introductory level to the new Oxford Bookworms Library, suitable for readers in their first or second years of learning English. The Starters series are original stories in a variety of formats: narrative, interactive, and comic strip. They contain glossaries and exercises and are carefully graded in structure and vocabulary. Cassettes are available for some titles.

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From the Back Cover

It seemed like a good plan. Kidnap the banker's kid. Hold him for ransom. So what went wrong? Little Johnny is on the warpath in The Ransom of Red Chief. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

O Henry is the pen-name of William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina, but settled in New York where he published many famous short stories. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Amereon Ltd (June 1940)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891903429
• ISBN-13: 978-0891903420
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,140,142 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book was so funny. I absolutely loved it., October 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Ransom of Red Chief (Jamestown Classic) (Paperback)

I had to read this last year for my English class, and thought that it was going to be just another lame story like all the other "classics" the public schools make us read. But when I got into it I was pleasently surprized. I couldn't stop laughing. The story is about two men who kidnap the local millionare's heir. But get more than they bargoned for. Instead of a well behaved rich kid they get a wild, red-haired hellion, that insists on playing Indians, and sacres one of his kidnappers so much that they finnally take him back to his father, thinking that they'll just get rid of him then and there. Well, instead of a reward the kid's father says that if they pay him a hundred or so dollars he'll keep his son back for a while and he won't tell the neighbors that they brought him back until nightfall. What happens next will surprize you and make you laugh. It was so much fun to read, I would suggest it to anyone that wants to read something really funny, it'll just make your day.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Misunderstood?, January 8, 2002

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Sarah (alias Red Chief by nick name) (Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ransom of Red Chief (Paperback)

Red Chief, the red haired, freckle faced, 7 year old, is really a good kid. So he sets cats on fire and shoots arrows through the postman's hat. So he through Becky in the lake, he just wanted to get her clean. But why does everyone in Summit, Alambama (the flattest little town in the south) run when he comes out to play? And what happens when he is kidnapped by the two slick, charming, and unusually kind con-men Sam and Bill Driscoll? Red Chief (or Johnny Dorset by true name) adores them both, which is more than is to be said about their feelings toward him. Bill gets hit by Hurricane Red Chief the hardest. But what happens when they try to collect the ransom leaves them both on the short side of "The Ransom of Red Chief"!!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Treat yourself to this wonderful edition, April 5, 2011

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M. Heiss (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ransom of Red Chief (Creative Classic Series) (Library Binding)

You probably already have this story on the shelf, in some big collection of short stories.

It is worth it to buy this high quality edition, which has the story and some biographical information about O. Henry. The paper quality and typesetting are a treat for the senses.

Laugh out loud with an old favorite.