The Devil and Daniel Webster, and Other Tales of American History

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Vincent Benét was one of America's greatest storytellers, most famous for his witty and moving tribute to American history, The Devil and Daniel Webster, where a trial for a man's soul becomes a trial of America itself, of all that is best and worst in a great and tumultuous new country.

In addition, this collection includes six more of Benét's best short stories, which in a similar vein, depict compelling and diverse elements in America's great socia...