Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.
MR. JACK HAMLIN’S MEDIATION
THE MAN AT THE SEMAPHORE
AN ESMERALDA OF ROCKY CANYON
DICK SPINDLER’S FAMILY CHRISTMAS
WHEN THE WATERS WERE UP AT “JULES’”
THE BOOM IN THE “CALAVERAS CLARION”
THE SECRET OF SOBRIENTE’S WELL
LIBERTY JONES’S DISCOVERY
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