Download or read book The Writings of Bret Harte A treasure of the redwoods and other tales c1903 written by Bret Harte and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Writings of Bret Harte A treasure of the redwoods and other tales written by Bret Harte and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Treasure of the Redwoods and Other Tales written by Bret Harte and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Treasure of the Redwoods written by Bret Harte and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Writings of Bret Harte Three partners and other tales written by Bret Harte and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Writings of Bret Harte Three partners and other tales written by Bret Harte and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Writings of Bret Harte A niece of Snapshot Harry s and other tales c1903 written by Bret Harte and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Writings of Bret Harte Biographical sketch of Bret Harte Trent s trust and other stories Glossary of Far Western terms An index to characters c1903 written by Bret Harte and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Three Partners and Other Tales written by Bret Harte and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Writings of Bret Harte In the Carquinez Woods and other tales written by Bret Harte and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Treasure of the Redwoods And Other Tales written by Francis Bret Harte and published by General Books. This book was released on 2012-01-15 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1903. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... BOHEMIAN DAYS IN SAN FRANCISCO It is but just to the respectable memory of San Francisco that in these vagrant recollections I should deprecate at once any suggestion that the levity of my title described its dominant tone at any period of my early experiences. On the contrary, it was a singular fact that while the rest of California was swayed by an easy, careless unconventionalism, or swept over by waves of emotion and sentiment, San Francisco preserved an intensely material and practical attitude, and even a certain austere morality. I do not, of course, allude to the brief days of '49, when it was a straggling beach of huts and stranded hulks, but to the earlier stages of its development into the metropolis of California. Its first tottering steps in that direction were marked by a distinct gravity and decorum. Even during the period when the revolver settled small private difficulties, and Vigilance Committees adjudicated larger public ones, an unmistakable seriousness and respectability was the ruling sign of its governing class. It was not improbable that under the reign of the Committee the lawless and vicious class were more appalled by the moral spectacle of several thousand black-coated, serious-minded business men in embattled procession than by mere force of arms, and one "suspect"--a prize-fighter--is known to have committed suicide in his cell after confrontation with his grave and passionless shopkeeping judges. Even that peculiar quality of Californian humor which was apt to mitigate the extravagances of the revolver and the uncertainties of poker had no place in the decorous and responsible utterance of San Francisco. The press was sober, materialistic, practical--when it was not severely admonitory of existing evil; the few smaller papers that...
Download or read book Under the Redwoods written by Bret Harte and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bret Harte made his name as a writer by being one of the first to chronicle the early days of California. The tales in this collection are primarily set in the region, ranging from character studies to nuanced examination of social issues. In "Three Vagabonds of Trinidad," a tragic massacre of Native Americans is used as a lens through which Harte examines the clash of cultures in California.
Download or read book The Writings of Bret Harte Cressy and other tales written by Bret Harte and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Works of Bret Harte Under the redwoods written by Bret Harte and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Writings of Bret Harte In a hollow of the hills and other tales written by Bret Harte and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
