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This novel from American author Bret Harte is a family epic that details the rise of the Harcourt clan in a quaint northern California community. Blending elements of romance, action and a pervasive atmosphere of the Old West, it's an engaging and worthwhile read.
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ISBN: 978-1-77659-759-8

If you can't get enough of action-adventure stories of pioneer life in the American West, dive into this tale from Bret Harte, one of the most renowned documenters of the era. In A Waif of the Plains, Harte recounts the story of an orphan traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1850s.
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ISBN: 978-1-62012-175-7

Although many imagine that the impact of the American Civil War largely skirted the Western territories, in truth, the repercussions of the bloody conflict rippled out across the entire continent. This novel, which unfurls against the backdrop of the Civil War, depicts a family torn asunder by diverging loyalties.
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ISBN: 978-1-77659-771-0

Bret Harte achieved acclaim as one of the first writers to craft a compelling literature grounded in the unique culture of the American West. The heroine of his novel Cressy is a Western girl through and through. Readers won't soon forget this indelibly drawn character.
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ISBN: 978-1-77659-767-3

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 of California. When she comes of age, Flip finds herself besieged by suitors. Can she reconcile herself to a life of domestic tranquility?
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-77659-757-4

Fans of high-quality Western tales will cherish this collection from the renowned chronicler of California's misfits, outcasts, and rebels. Several of the stories collected resurrect some of Harte's most popular characters; widely reviled blowhard Colonel Starbottle is featured in "What Happened at the Fonda," and grizzled stage driver Yuba Bill shows up in "A Niece of Snapshot Harry's."
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ISBN: 978-1-77659-753-6

Innkeeper Seth Collinson had made his way west in advance of his wife Sadie for financial reasons. Once he arrives and settles in, he hears word that she has died. When Sadie makes an appearance one night, Seth is unsure whether he's hallucinating or experiencing a supernatural encounter.
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ISBN: 978-1-77659-747-5

Bret Harte had an unparalleled skill for evoking the Wild West of the 1800s, and he brings that skill to bear in the novella Jeff Briggs's Love Story. Innkeeper Jeff Briggs falls in love with one of his guests, but a shift in his fortune brings an end to their romance. But what seems like yet another stroke of bad luck turns out to be just the opposite.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-77659-743-7

In the mid-1800s, California was as much Spanish as it was American, and competing claims over the land grants that had been issued by the Spanish government created a major controversy in the territory. That's the backdrop of this short novel from Bret Harte, which centers on the enchanting Maruja Saltonstall, who is torn between multiple suitors.
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ISBN: 978-1-77659-739-0

This diverse collection brings together a number of the stories of American author Bret Harte, one of the foremost chroniclers of life in territorial California. The novella "The Bell-Ringer of Angel's" focuses on a doomed marriage and features a number of Harte's beloved recurring characters, while the short story "Chu Chu" recounts a standoff between a man and a hard-to-tame horse.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-77659-775-8

In the words of The New York Times, author Bret Harte was "the creator of a new literature that was purely American." The unforgettable characters in these four tales are outcasts and misfits who have made their way west to seek their fortunes and get a fresh start.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-77659-749-9