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Jug of Silver

Truman Capote

First published 1949
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

How Appleseed, a poor boy, won a jug full of coins by guessing how much was in it.

A picture of small-town life. First published in the Cornhill, No 979, Summer 1949.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1949 Cover A Tree of Night and Other Stories Random House Collection 91
1949 The Cornhill Magazine, Summer 1949 John Murray MAGAZINE 24
1950 Cover A Tree of Night and Other Stories William Heinemann Collection 91
1968 Cover The Best of Both Worlds: An Anthology of Stories for All Ages Doubleday Anthology 147