A collection of short fiction and nonfiction writings from mainstream and alternative American writers compiled by the students at 826 National, a non-profit group founded by author Dave Eggers and based in San Francisco.
Collects thirty-three short crime, mystery, and murder stories from the nineteenth century, featuring works by Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum, Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane, and Jack London.