Bret Harte was an American short-story writer and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern US to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been the works most often reprinted, adapted, and admired. We offer now some samples of his diversity in a collection of his short stories.
âThe Luck of Roaring Campâ âThe Outcasts of Poker Flatsâ âTennesseeâs Partnerâ âThe Idyl of Red Gulchâ âBrown of Calaverasâ âMuck-A-Muckâ âThe Ninety-Nine Guardsmenâ âMr. Midshipman Breezyâ âJohn Jenkinsâ âThe Hoodlum Bandâ âThe Legend of Monte Del Diabloâ âThe Legend of Devilâs Pointâ
The Luck of Roaring Camp: And Other Short Stories - Bret Harte
Bret Harte was an American short-story writer and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern US to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been the works most often reprinted, adapted, and admired. We offer now some samples of his diversity in a collection of his short stories.
âThe Luck of Roaring Campâ âThe Outcasts of Poker Flatsâ âTennesseeâs Partnerâ âThe Idyl of Red Gulchâ âBrown of Calaverasâ âMuck-A-Muckâ âThe Ninety-Nine Guardsmenâ âMr. Midshipman Breezyâ âJohn Jenkinsâ âThe Hoodlum Bandâ âThe Legend of Monte Del Diabloâ âThe Legend of Devilâs Pointâ