"International Short Stories: American" by William Patten is a short story anthology published in 1910. This collection features celebrated American fiction from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, gathering works by literary giants including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, and O. Henry. The anthology showcases the breadth of American storytelling, from Hawthorne's prophetic tales to Poe's mysteries, and from frontier humor to supernatural encounters. Each story represents a distinct voice in American literature's evolution. (This is an automatically generated summary.)