O. Henry, also known as William Sydney Porter, was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina during the Civil War. His mother died when he was young and he moved with his father into his grandparents' house. He loved reading from a young age and as a teenager, started working at his uncle's pharmacy, where he was later licensed. At age 20, Porter … [Read more...] about Literary South: O. Henry