Henry Sydnor Harrison
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Henry Sydnor Harrison was an American
United States
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 novel
Novel
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ist, born in Sewanee
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, Tenn.
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 He graduated from Columbia
Columbia University
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 in 1900, and received an honorary A.M.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
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 from the same university in 1913. In 1914, he was elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He wrote under the pen name "Henry Second," and made contributions to the Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic Monthly
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and other magazines. Novels written by him include Queed (1911) which was very well received. Other works include Angela's Business (1915), When I Come Back (1919), Saint Teresa (1922), and Marriage (1923), a volume of short stories. Harrison has also written a story, called "Miss Hinch", where a daring criminal and the lady after her make their way through New York City streets at midnight.

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