Harte Bret: 420 books

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.”

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

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...

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

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