Harte, Bret, 1836-1902.

The luck of Roaring Camp and other writings / Bret Harte ; with an introduction and notes by Gary Scharnhorst. - New York : Penguin Books, 2001. - xxix, 302 p. ; 20 cm. - Penguin classics .

Includes bibliographical references (p. xxv-xxvii).

Stories. The legend of Monte del Diablo -- The luck of Roaring Camp -- The outcasts of Poker Flat -- Miggles -- Tennessee's Partner -- The idyl of Red Gulch -- Brown of Calaveras -- Mr. Thompson's prodigal -- The iliad of Sandy Bar -- The poet of Sierra Flat -- How Santa Claus came to Simpson's Bar -- Wan Lee, the pagan -- An ingn��?�ue of the Sierras -- Three vagabonds of Trinidad -- A pupil of Chestnut Ridge -- Condensed novels. Muck-a-muck -- The haunted man -- The stolen cigar case -- Poetry. To the Pliocene skull -- The society upon the Stanislaus -- Plain language from Truthful James -- Dickens in camp -- That Ebrew Jew -- Free silver at Angel's -- Essays. The Argonauts of '49 -- The rise of the "short story" -- How I went to the mines -- Bohemian days in San Francisco -- Explanatory notes.

014043917X (pbk.)

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Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)


West (U.S.)--Literary collections.


Western stories.
Short stories.

PS 1822 / .S33 2001