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.
Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): And Other Stories
by Bret Harte
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ISBN-13:
9781411449541
- Publisher: Barnes & Noble
- Publication date: 04/12/2011
- Series: Barnes & Noble Digital Library
- Sold by: Barnes & Noble
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 352
- File size: 325 KB
- Age Range: 3 Months to 18 Years
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In addition to the title story, this 1873 collection includes "How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar," "The Princess Bob and Her Friends," "The Iliad of Sandy Bar," "Mr. Thompson's Prodigal," "The Romance of Modrono Hollow," "The Poet of Sierra Flat," and "The Christmas Gift that Came to Rupert."