"The Heart of the West" (1907) - one of the best author's collections of the famous American writer O. Henry (1862-1910), created on the basis of his memories of his own cowboy youth, held on a Texas ranch . Taken from . Henry's gallery of heroes is very remarkable: they are thugs, robbers, raiders on trains, etc. d. All of them, however, are aware of the high gusts of the soul .. And by getting acquainted with these characters, we become at least a little bit better .. This is always the case when a book carries light. This story is about .. Henry was "purchased" from him by a newspaper syndicate and published on the same day in Sunday issues of numerous newspapers in New York, Boston, Washington, Chicago and five other major cities in the United States.