Harte: 580 books

An intricate tale of relationships and deception. The fast-paced and action-packed narrative keeps the readers on their toes. With in-depth characterization and religious overtones this is a unique work by Harte.

Francis Bret Harte was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California.- Wikipedia

Francis Bret Harte was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California.- Wikipedia

Francis Bret Harte was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California.- Wikipedia

Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West, most commonly between the years of 1860 and 1900. Westerns often stress the harshness of the wilderness and frequently set the action in an arid, desolate landscape of deserts and mountains. Often, the vast landscape plays an important...

A thrilling Western and romance by Bret Harte

Francis Bret Harte was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California.- Wikipedia

Francis Bret Harte was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California.- Wikipedia

The metaphor of cultures clashing is a prominent theme in many of Bret Harte's stories, but it takes on a literal dimension in the novel The Crusade of the Excelsior when the well-to-do passengers traveling aboard the Excelsior descend on the small coastal town of Todos Santos.

Bret Harte blazed new trails in fiction with his witty, heart-rending stories of California and the frontier. These yarns collected in 1896 include “Snow-Bound at Eagle’s,” “A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready,” “A Drift from Redwood Camp,” “Captain Jim’s Friend,” “The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh,” and “A Knight-Errant of the Foothills.”

Harte—who once rode shotgun on a stagecoach—knew the prospectors, gamblers, and gold-hearted frontier gals who won the West. The collection of treasures, published in 1896 includes “A Blue Grass Penelope,” “Left Out on Lone Star Mountain,” “A Ship of ’49,” “An Apostle of the Tules,” “Devil’s Ford,” and “A Secret of Telegraph Hill.”

A sensitive novel by Harte based on the central character of Maruja. The writer has beautifully portrayed feelings and emotions of the young girl. He also has brilliantly described the human relations and feelings of individuals towards each other. Tender and appealing!

Francis Bret Harte was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California.- Wikipedia

Cassie’s childhood was one of cruelty and sexual abuse; suffered for as long as she could remember. From the age of 15 she was having excruciating headaches as a result of this abuse and the treatment by her mother; she sought help for the pain from her family doctor. Taking this medication enabled...