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ID
b141
Title
"The Banjo."
Genre
Story
Page Count
17
Word Count
4160
Publisher
John O'London's Weekly
Publication Year
1939
Topics
Music, Theft

Two travelers stop for a night in a wood; the ambitious one attempts to steal the banjo of his easy-going companion and dies in the process.

In John O'London's Weekly (December 15, 1939), The Beauty of the Dead and Other Stories (1940), Thirty-One Selected Tales (1947).