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Tales of the Argonauts, and Other Sketches. By: Bret Harte
Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 - May 5, 1902) 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. 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.Bret Harte was born in Albany, New York.He was named Francis Brett Hart after his great-grandfather, Francis Brett. When he ...
Condensed Novels
Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 - May 5, 1902) 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. 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. Early life: Bret Harte was born in Albany, New York. He was named Francis Brett Hart after his great-grandfather, Francis B...
The Luck of Roaring Camp
Francis Bret Harte (1837-1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California. His first literary efforts, including poetry and prose, appeared in "The Californian," an early literary journal.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales
The story is about the birth of a baby boy in a 19th-century gold prospecting camp. The boy's mother dies in childbirth, so the men of Roaring Camp must raise it themselves. Believing the child to be a good luck charm, the miners christen the boy Thomas Luck. Afterwards, they decide to refine their behavior and refrain from gambling and fighting.
The Three Partners
Prospectors Stacy, Demorest, and Barker have made the prospecting find of a lifetime, a lode worth millions to them . . . and also a lifetime's worth of trouble, from murderous rivals in the mines to jealous business partners and romantic rivals. In "Three Partners," high-society San Francisco isn't so very far from the desperate, crime-ridden expanse of Gold Rush mining country, and success at grand schemes more elusive than the original lode. Is there room for either love or justice with so much at stake?
