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Selected Stories of Bret Harte
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This collection gathers short fiction by Bret Harte, whose tales depict frontier life and the California Gold Rush era through miners, gamblers, and settlers in the American West. It suits readers interested in nineteenth-century American adventure writing and stories of the frontier.
Bret Harte
Francis Brett Hart, known as Bret Harte, was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he also wrote poetry, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches.
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