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A widow, a way-bag, and a night ride over Burnt Ridge—Bret Harte’s classic Western short story, first published in 1891, blends frontier romance with a taut tale of honor and quiet heroism. In Laurel Run, Betsy Baker, the camp’s beloved postmistress and the steadfast widow of a fallen...

Catch the holiday spirit with this magical collection of beloved Christmas tales. Christmas favorites from L.M. Montgomery, O. Henry, Willa Cather, Hans Christian Anderson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Bret Harte and Anthony Trollope are lovingly recorded and presented here in one enchanting volume.

This is a collection of timeless westerns from some of the most well known authors of the genre. Included here are the following stories: “The Little Gold Miners” by Joaquin Miller, “Bulger’s Reputation” by Bret Harte, “The Leaf of Red Rose” by W. H. H. Murray, “The Secret of...

In his own words, Bret Hart’s honest, perceptive, startling account of his life in and out of the pro wrestling ring. The sixth-born son of the pro wrestling dynasty founded by Stu Hart and his elegant wife, Helen, Bret Hart is a Canadian icon. As a teenager, he could have been an amateur...

Written without collaborators and based on decades of tape recordings he made throughout his career, Hitman is Bret Hart's brutally honest, perceptive and startling account of his life in and out of the ring that proves once and for all that great things come in pink tights...

Mit seinen Geschichten aus Kalifornien und dem amerikanischen Westen wurde Bret Harte zu einem der bedeutendsten Erzähler des Wilden Westens. Diese Sammlung vereint einige seiner bekanntesten Kurzgeschichten – mal spannend, mal humorvoll, oft überraschend menschlich. Zwischen staubigen Goldgräberstädten, gefährlichen Reisen und einsamen Außenseitern entfaltet sich ein vielschichtiges Bild des amerikanischen Westens.

Cast out by their town. Trapped by the storm. Judged by the choices they make when survival becomes impossible. Poker Flat has decided to cleanse itself of every person its respectable citizens consider undesirable. Gambler John Oakhurst, the Duchess, Mother Shipton, and the drunken Uncle Billy...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of The Society Upon The Stanislaus by Bret Harte. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 24, 2021. ------ Taken from Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume II by Thomas L. Masson - Summary by David Lawrence

This is a collection of tales of the California Gold Rush era by the Western author, Bret Harte. It's a mix of local color, drama, and humor. Several film versions of "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" have been made, and John Payne and Ronald Reagan starred in an adaptation of "Tennessee's Partner" in 1955. The spaghetti Western Four of the Apocalypse is based on "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" and "The Luck of Roaring Camp".

This story, one of Harte's most anthologized, first appeared in The Luck of Roading Camp and Other Stories.

A motley crew, banished from a Western town, find strength, and weakness, in each other.

Here is a tale that concerns the incredible power of friendship. The movie Tennessee's Partner (1955), starring John Payne and Ronald Reagan, was based on this story.

Bret Harte was an American short-story writer and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. We offer now some samples of his diversity in a collection of his short stories: “The Outcasts of Poker Flats”, “Tennessee’s Partner”, “The Idyl of Red Gulch”, “Brown of Calaveras”, “Muck-A-Muck”, “The Ninety-Nine Guardsmen”, “Mr. Midshipman Breezy”, “The Legend of Monte Del Diablo”, and more.

When a Cherokee Sal dies giving birth to her son in a prospecting camp, the gold miners adopt him as their own. They name him Thomas Luck, as he seems to indicate a change in fortune for the camp. The miners start to turn their lives around in order to be a better example to the shining boy. But just as their ship seems to have come in, disaster hits, and it soon goes out again in this gripping yet tragic work of historical fiction.

Nella Braddy (1894–1973), a pioneer among female editors, compiled this seven-story collection and published Masterpieces of Adventure: Stories of Desert Places in 1922. It features seven authors: Egerton Castle, Stephen Crane, Selma Lagerlöf, Bret Harte, Thomas Hardy, O. Henry, and W. H...

Originally published in Harte's 1875 short-story collection The Tales of the Argonauts, "How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar" is set in California in the early 1860s and, like the rest of the tales in that collection, features the gold-seeking Argonauts. In this tale, like many of Harte's others, the folly and grit of human existence balance any good intentions, good cheer, or hope, resulting in a more complicated and somewhat bleak ending than is commonly found in most Christmas tales.

By Shore and Sedge is a small volume of three short stories that examine the lives of people living on the coast of California and in the delta of the Sacramento River. The stories are set in the time just after the Gold Rush of 1849. - Summary by Brian Henson

A collection of short stories set in the American West at the end of the 19th century. (Summary by Nick Bulka)

Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 6, 1902) was a celebrated American author and poet, renowned for his vivid portrayals of pioneering life in California. His stories capture the spirit of the Gold Rush era and the diverse characters that shaped the American West. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Step into the vibrant world of Bret Harte (1836 – 1902), an iconic American author and poet celebrated for his vivid portrayals of pioneering life in California. After moving to California in 1853, Harte embraced various roles—miner, teacher, messenger, and journalist—before settling in the charming coastal town of Union (now Arcata). This bustling hub served as a key provisioning center for the mining camps of the interior. In 1868, he took the helm as editor of The Overland Monthly, a literary magazine that captured the adventurous spirit of the era. It was here that his renowned story...