This early work by Sherwood Anderson was originally published in 1921
and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
'The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions From American Life in
Tales and Poems' is one of Anderson's collections of short stories and
poetry. Sherwood Anderson was born in Camden, Ohio in 1876. He left
school at fourteen, and after working various jobs served in the
Spanish-American War in 1898. In 1908, Anderson began writing short
stories and novels. During the twenties, Anderson published Poor White
(1920), The Triumph of the Egg (1921), Many Marriages (1923) and Horses
and Men (1923). Although considered to be a minor work by the critics,
Anderson's most commercial successful novel was Dark Laughter, published
in 1925. Anderson died of peritonitis in Panama in 1941, aged 64.