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Bret Harte

Bret Harte

Francis Bret Harte 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.

20 min read

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

* Story contains bad language

A group of misfits are thrown together by the harsh realities of expulsion from their settlement.

20 min read

The Luck of Roaring Camp

An orphan child is born into an all-male community of low lives - acting as the catalyst for some radical changes.

27 min read

How Santa Claus Came To Simpson's Bar

* Story contains bad language

On Christmas Eve in remote settlement cut off by heavy flooding, a group of men pay a visit on a deprived boy.