Thiswonderfulcollectionofstories,originallypublishedposthumouslyin1942,ishererepublishedwithanewintroductorybiography.Contentsinclude:JohnnyPyeandtheFool-Killer,BytheWavesofBabylonandothers.Benetwasanaccomplishedwriteratanearlyage,havinghadhisfirstbookpublishedat17.Hisbestknownworksarethebook-lengthnarrativepoemAmericanCivilWar,JohnBrown'sBody(1928),andtwoshortstories,TheDevilandDanielWebster(1936)andBytheWatersofBabylon(1937)."