Al Jennings, if we are to believe him, was for several years a close friend of O. Henry (William Sydney Porter), perhaps America s favorite short-story writer. They met, Jennings claims, as outlaws on the run in Honduras, served time together in the Columbus, Ohio, Penitentiary at the turn of the century, and later met up in New York. Jennings, erstwhile lawyer, bank robber, and Hollywood consultant, was the subject of the 1951 movie Al Jennings of Oklahoma, starring Dan Duryea. Although a suspect narrator at best, Jennings is a masterful storyteller in this 1921 classic. Jennings describes...
Al Jennings, if we are to believe him, was for several years a close friend of O. Henry (William Sydney Porter), perhaps America s favorite short-stor...
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"The merest flicker of a smile touched his lips. He got up, took my arm and together we helped each other down the street.... This was my first jaunt with William Sydney Porter. Together, we struck out on a long road that lost itself, for many years, in a dark tunnel. When the path broadened out again, it was the world's highway. The man at my side was no longer Bill Porter, the fugitive, the ex-convict. He was O. Henry, the greatest of America's short-story writers."
Al Jennings (1863-1961) had already been a runaway, a cowpuncher, and a train-robber before his adventures with O....
"The merest flicker of a smile touched his lips. He got up, took my arm and together we helped each other down the street.... This was my first jau...
