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A Late Encounter with the Enemy

Flannery O'Connor

First published 1955
Type Short Fiction

The 104-year-old Civil War veteran General Poker Stash has a very high opinion of himself, and his granddaughter Sally Poker has a very high opinion of the worth her family descent confers on her. She hopes the General lives long enough to be wheeled onstage at her college graduation.

First published in Harper's Bazaar, September 1952.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1955 Cover A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories Harcourt, Brace & Company Collection 155
October 1992 Cover A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories Harcourt Brace Collection 153