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A thrilling Western and tale of adventure 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

This romance novel from Bret Harte, who wrote extensively about nineteenth-century California, was initially rejected by publishers for what was regarded as risque descriptions of intimate encounters. The story follows Flip Fairley, a tomboy who has been raised in rough circumstances in the mountains...

Here are two of Harte’s finest, from 1886 and 1887. First, a gardener for a small mining settlement is the one to strike it rich. Next, a small mining town in Devil’s Spur grows too quickly for the older inhabitants to bear.

When three partners find a fortune in the Gold Rush it invites a lot of unwanted attention, deceit and death! Excerpt: "The sun was going down on the Black Spur Range. The red light it had kindled there was still eating its way along the serried crest, showing through gaps in the ranks of pines,...

Francis Bret Harte (1836 – 1902) was a famous American author and poet mostly known for his short fiction stories about adventures of miners, gamblers, and other fine figures of the California Gold Rush. “Openings in the Old Trail” is a great collection of short stories with a well-known to...

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

This classic western novel begins on a dark night in the west. Three pioneers on horseback are on the trail to riches—the rush for gold and silver in the California mountains. Brett Harte’s cowboy prose relates the story of this group of rough silver-seekers as they try to find the legendary treasure.

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

This charming short story from Bret Harte is set in California during the era of the Gold Rush. Salomy Jane finds herself in trouble at the hands of local hooligan Red Pete. The taciturn but courageous hero Jack Dart comes to her rescue, but soon finds himself in hot water as well. The story was later adapted for the silver screen.

In the title story in this collection of three tales, author Bret Harte brings to vivid life the character of Abner McNott, an enterprising entrepreneur with a vision. Against overwhelming odds, McNott sets out to transform the carcass of a wrecked ship into a welcoming inn.

This introduction to functional analysis focuses on the types of singularity that prevent an operator from being invertible. The presentation is based on the open mapping theorem, Hahn-Banach theorem, dual space construction, enlargement of normed space, and Liouville's theorem. Suitable for advanced...