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A novel of the future after nuclear World War III. The War started between Russia and China, and when it was over, the industrial world no longer existed. The war was brief. Warheads hit all the major cities. Mistaken diplomacy made both sides think the USA would join the other side, so both launched pre-emptive strikes. The United States didn't return fire because the nuclear arsenal was decomissioned. Ninety percent of the global population died from violence, starvation and disease. A new world was hammered out of what was left. A world made of scraps and salvage. What was the USA became...

This volume brings together twenty-nine pieces dating from before 1932, none of which appeared in Porter's collected works and many of which are published here for the first time. Both fiction and essays are covered. All these pieces belong to Porter's apprenticeship as a creative writer. Thus, they offer new insights into her artistic development and her relationship with Mexico, a place that, as she later said, "influenced everything I did afterward."