Stephen Vincent Benet

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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books
  • First Book:
    July 1942
  • Latest Book:
    June 2016
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Books in Order: 20 titles

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  • Young People's Pride

  • A Death in the Country, and Other Tales of Our Time

    Among Benét’s most beautiful and moving works are these eight deceptively simple short stories that he assembled as Tales of Our Time. Each tale uses a seemingly commonplace situation -- a class reunion, a funeral, teenagers falling in love in the...

  • Johnny Pye and the Fool Killer

    This early work by Stephen Vincent Benét was originally published in 1938 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Johnny Pye and the Fool Killer' is a novel by this prolific author of prose and poetry. Stephen Vincen...

  • The Devil and Daniel Webster, and Other Tales of American History

    Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Vincent Benét was one of America's greatest storytellers, most famous for his witty and moving tribute to American history, The Devil and Daniel Webster, where a trial for a man's soul becomes a trial of America...

  • Thirteen O'Clock

    Stephen Vincent Benet (1898 - 1943) was an American author, poet, short story writer, and novelist. Benet is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body (1928), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929,...

  • O'Halloran's Luck and Other Stories

    This wonderful collection of stories, originally published posthumously in 1944, is here republished with a new introductory biography. Benét was an accomplished writer at an early age, having had his first book published at 17. His best known works...

  • Selected Stories

    This wonderful collection of stories, originally published in 1942, is here republished with a new introductory biography. Benét was an accomplished writer at an early age, having had his first book published at 17. His best known works are the book...

  • Short Stories

    This wonderful collection of stories, originally published posthumously in 1942, is here republished with a new introductory biography. Contents include: Johnny Pye and the Fool-Killer, By the Waves of Babylon and others. Benét was an accomplished w...

  • Thirteen O'Clock - Stories of Several Worlds

    This book contains Benét's first collection of short stories originally published in 1937. Contents include: The Waters of Babylon, The Blood of the Martyrs, The King of the Cats, The Story of Angela Poe, The Treasure of Vasco Gomez, The Curfew Toll...



  • James Shore's Daughter

    Stephen Vincent Benet (1898-1943) is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body (1928), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929, and for two short stories, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" and "By the W...

  • Young People's Pride

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

  • John Brown's Body

    Excerpt from John Brown's Body

    But only made it smaller with their art, Because you are as various as your land, As mountainous-deep, as ï¬,owered with blue rivers, Thirsty with deserts, buried under snows, As native as the shape of Navajo qui...

  • The Devil and Daniel Webster

    Having promised his soul to the Devil in exchange for good fortune, Jabez Stone asks the talented lawyer Daniel Webster to get him out of the bargain. But how will that turn out?...

  • Selected Works of Stephen Vincent Benet

    A wide spectrum of themes and emotions are dealt with in this anthology of Benet's prose, which includes romance, adventure, narratives, and pure fiction....

  • The Amateur of Crime

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  • The Beginning Of Wisdom

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    After publishing three volumes of verse, Benét tried his hand at fiction in this autobiographical novel, published in 1921. It is the picaresque story of a young man who encounters God, Country, Yale, and, finally, war. ...

  • Spanish Bayonet

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    This early work by Stephen Vincent Benét was originally published in 1926 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Spanish Bayonet' is a short story by this prolific author of prose and poetry. Stephen Vincent Benét ...

  • A Tooth for Paul Revere

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    This early work by Stephen Vincent Benét was originally published in 1942 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'A Tooth for Paul Revere' is a short story by this prolific author of prose and poetry. Stephen Vincent...

  • Young Adventure

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    Stephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943) was an American author, poet, short story writer and novelist. He is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body (1928), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929, and ...



  • Young Adventure; A Book Of Poems

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Stephen Vincent Benet has published 20 books.

Stephen Vincent Benet does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Young People's Pride, was published in June 2016.

The first book by Stephen Vincent Benet, Selected Works of Stephen Vincent Benet, was published in July 1942.

No. Stephen Vincent Benet does not write books in series.
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