Harte—who once rode shotgun on a stagecoach—knew the prospectors, gamblers, and gold-hearted frontier gals who won the West. The collection of treasures, published in 1896 includes “A Blue Grass Penelope, ” “Left Out on Lone Star Mountain, ” “A Ship of ’49, ” “An Apostle of the Tules, ” “Devil’s Ford, ” and “A Secret of Telegraph Hill.”
About the author
Francis Bret Harte (1836-1902) wrote “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” and many other stories and poems about the Gold Rush. His writings gave the world a new outlook on the American West. He worked as miner, teacher, messenger, newspaper reporter and editor, as well as secretary of the San Francisco Mint, and was appointed U. S. consul in Germany and Scotland.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 480 ● ISBN 9781411441279 ● File size 0.4 MB ● Age 99-17 years ● Publisher Barnes & Noble ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5862951 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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