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Fans of high-quality Western tales will cherish this collection from the renowned chronicler of California's misfits, outcasts, and rebels. Several of the stories collected resurrect some of Harte's most popular characters; widely reviled blowhard Colonel Starbottle is featured in "What Happened at the Fonda," and grizzled stage driver Yuba Bill shows up in "A Niece of Snapshot Harry's."
Innkeeper Seth Collinson had made his way west in advance of his wife Sadie for financial reasons. Once he arrives and settles in, he hears word that she has died. When Sadie makes an appearance one night, Seth is unsure whether he's hallucinating or experiencing a supernatural encounter.
5) Clarence
What starts out as a tale of peaceful domesticity takes a sudden turn when the protagonists are lured from Connecticut to California by the promise of striking it rich. This novella from American author Bret Harte is an engaging, easy read that will please fans of historical fiction or tales of the Old West.
In this compelling story from American author Bret Harte, a rough-and-tumble pioneer town is torn asunder by the arrival of outsiders, warring rivalries, romantic triangles, duels, and double-crossing in the aftermath of a daring heist. Will justice prevail?
Though born in Albany, New York, American author Francis Bret Harte went on to become one of the foremost chroniclers of pioneer life in the American West, with a particular focus on California. A Phyllis of the Sierras highlights Harte at his gritty, authentic best.
If you can't get enough of action-adventure stories of pioneer life in the American West, dive into this tale from Bret Harte, one of the most renowned documenters of the era. In A Waif of the Plains, Harte recounts the story of an orphan traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1850s.
10) Devil's Ford
Cultures collide in the novella Devil's Ford from Bret Harte. City-bred and professionally trained engineer Philip Carr decides to seek his fortune in the mountains and moves himself and his grown daughters to the Devil's Ford mining camp, where he pits his advanced techniques against local practices—and where his daughters cause a commotion among the camp's denizens, including beloved recurring character Whiskey Dick.
In the words of The New York Times, author Bret Harte was "the creator of a new literature that was purely American." The unforgettable characters in these four tales are outcasts and misfits who have made their way west to seek their fortunes and get a fresh start.
This novel from American author Bret Harte is a family epic that details the rise of the Harcourt clan in a quaint northern California community. Blending elements of romance, action and a pervasive atmosphere of the Old West, it's an engaging and worthwhile read.
This diverse collection brings together a number of the stories of American author Bret Harte, one of the foremost chroniclers of life in territorial California. The novella "The Bell-Ringer of Angel's" focuses on a doomed marriage and features a number of Harte's beloved recurring characters, while the short story "Chu Chu" recounts a standoff between a man and a hard-to-tame horse.
Everyone's favorite bloviating attorney makes a triumphant return to the law profession in the title story of this charming collection from Bret Harte. Colonel Starbottle takes on a client named Jo Corbin, who has committed a grievous crime and works out a convoluted plan of repentance.
One of Bret Harte's chief strengths as an author was his ability to focus on the outcasts of society and find a way to make them sympathetic. In this short story, the despised Elijah Martin escapes from a brush with death only to find his whole life transformed.
