Bret Harte
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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."
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The New York Times said Bret Harte "was the creator of a new literature that was purely American." He wrote many stories about California, specifically about the gold-rush days. A riveting tale, Three Partners chronicles the lives of three accomplices who strike gold and the profound effect their lucky strike has on their lives.
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This 1896 collection is by "the creator of a new literature that was purely American" (the New York Times). In addition to the title story, included are: "A Yellow Dog," "A Mother of Five," "Bulger's Reputation," "In the Tules," "A Convert of the Mission," "The Indiscretion of Elsbeth," and "The Devotion of Enriquez."
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The story takes place in a Californian community known as Poker Flat, near the town of La Porte. Poker Flat is, in the opinions of many, on a downward slope. The town has lost thousands of dollars, and has experienced a moral decline. In an effort to save what is left of the town and reestablish it as a "virtuous" place, a secret society is created to decide whom to exile and whom to kill.
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The defining stories from one of America's great wits In the mid-nineteenth century, the Wild West grabbed ahold of American consciousness and never let go. With the discovery of gold, all eyes and wagons turned westward. This collection of stories brings readers back to the American frontier. In "The Luck of Roaring Camp," when a Native American woman dies in childbirth, the miners take it upon themselves to raise the child. Naming the baby Luck,...
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This collection contains the most popular stories of Bret Harte, such as "The Luck of Roaring Camp," "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," "M'liss," and "An Ingénue of the Sierras." The title story of this book was almost not published because it contained a prostitute character and some profanity, however Harte was adamant in its publication, and as a result, he played a significant part in further realism in American literature.
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This collection features a selection of classic short stories and poems by legendary Western authors Stephen Crane, Bret Harte, and Jack London. Stephen Crane: "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" read by William Windom; "The Black Riders" (poem) read by Stefan Rudnicki; "The Five White Mice" read by Arte Johnson; "The Blue Hotel" read by Stefan Rudnicki; "His New Mittens" read by Robert Forster; "A Newspaper…" (poem) read by Stefan Rudnicki; "The Little...
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Hours of great reading await, with Western tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned authors, including Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro), Robert E. Howard (famous for Conan the Barbarian), and Clarence E. Mulford (creator of Hopalong Cassidy), and many more!
HIS KIND OF HELLION, by Johnston McCulley
TEXAS JOHN ALDEN, by Robert E. Howard
THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT, by Bret Harte
THIEVES OF BLACK ROCK DESERT, by Bill Anson
THE...
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Long before Sherlock Holmes entered the public domain as a character, a few dedicated authors "borrowed" Holmes and Watson without permission for their own work. Here are 5 classic early (and completely unauthorized) tales featuring the world's greatest detective (sometimes under not-so-cunningly disguised pseudonyms):
"WATSON!" by Captain A.E. Dingle
THE ADVENTURE OF THE DIAMOND NECKLACE, by G. F. Forrest
THE STOLEN CIGAR-CASE, by Bret Harte...
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01. F.Scott Fitzgerald - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 02. O.Henry - The Gift of the Magi 03. Mark Twain - On The Decay of the Art of Lying 04. Sun Tzu - The Art of War 05. E.A. Poe - The Raven 06. Kahlil Gibran - The Madman 07. W.W. Jacobs - The Monkey's Paw 08. Anonymous - Aladdin 09. The Founding Fathers - The Declaration of Independence 10. Plato - The Apology of Socrates 11. Lord Alfred Tennyson - Charge of the Light Brigade 12. T.S. Eliot...