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Bret Harte

East and West: PoemsBret Harte East and West: Poems Part I A Greyport Legend (1797.) They ran through the streets of the seaport town;They peered from the decks of the ships that lay:The cold sea-fog that came whitening downWas never as cold or white as they. "Ho, Starbuck and Pinckney and Tenter...

The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other TalesBret Harte The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales / With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers PUBLISHERS’ NOTE In 1882, it was felt to be desirable that Mr. Harte’s scattered work should be brought together in convenient form...

Tennessee's PartnerBret Harte Tennessee's Partner The Introduction When Marshall's discovery caused a sudden influx of thousands of adventurers from all classes and almost all countries, the conditions of government in California were almost the worst possible. Though the Mexican system was unpop...

Bocetos californianosBret Harte Bocetos californianos A principios de 1902 falleció en Londres un americano cuya vida podría parecer singular aun en su país natal, donde por cierto abundan los hombres que se complacen en desafiar las circunstancias de una existencia azarosa y llena de incertidumb...

Snow-Bound at Eagle'sBret Harte Snow-Bound at Eagle's CHAPTER I For some moments profound silence and darkness had accompanied a Sierran stage-coach towards the summit. The huge, dim bulk of the vehicle, swaying noiselessly on its straps, glided onward and upward as if obeying some mysterious imp...

The Three PartnersBret Harte The Three Partners PROLOGUE The sun was going down on the Black Spur Range. The red light it had kindled there was still eating its way along the serried crest, showing through gaps in the ranks of pines, etching out the interstices of broken boughs, fading away and t...

Complete Poetical WorksBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHI. NATIONALJOHN BURNS OF GETTYSBURG "HOW ARE YOU, SANITARY?" BATTLE BUNNY THE REVEILLE OUR PRIVILEGE RELIEVING GUARD THE GODDESS ON A PEN OF THOMAS STARR KING A SECOND REVIEW OF THE GRAND ARMY THE COPPERHEAD A SANITARY MESSAGE THE OLD MAJOR EXPLAINS CALIF...

Drift from Two ShoresBret Harte Drift from Two Shores THE MAN ON THE BEACH I He lived beside a river that emptied into a great ocean. The narrow strip of land that lay between him and the estuary was covered at high tide by a shining film of water, at low tide with the cast-up offerings of sea an...

Trent's Trust, and Other StoriesBret Harte Trent's Trust, and Other Stories TRENT’S TRUST I Randolph Trent stepped from the Stockton boat on the San Francisco wharf, penniless, friendless, and unknown. Hunger might have been added to his trials, for, having paid his last coin in passage money, he...

Tales of Trail and TownBret Harte Tales of Trail and Town THE ANCESTORS OF PETER ATHERLY CHAPTER I It must be admitted that the civilizing processes of Rough and Ready were not marked by any of the ameliorating conditions of other improved camps. After the discovery of the famous “Eureka” lead, t...