This wonderful collection of stories, originally published posthumously
in 1942, is here republished with a new introductory biography. Contents
include: Johnny Pye and the Fool-Killer, By the Waves of Babylon and
others. Benét was an accomplished writer at an early age, having had his
first book published at 17. His best known works are the book-length
narrative poem American Civil War, John Brown's Body (1928), and two
short stories, The Devil and Daniel Webster (1936) and By the Waters of
Babylon (1937).