Trents Trust The Crusade Of The Excelsior

Author : Bret Harte
Publisher : Fredonia Books (NL)
ISBN 13 : 9781589638297
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book Trent's Trust written by Bret Harte and published by Fredonia Books (NL). This book was released on 2002-05-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francis Bret Harte (1839-1902), American poet and novelist, was born in Albany, New York. In 1854 he went to California, and after working successively as miner, school-teacher, and express messenger, he entered the office of The Golden Era as compositor. He contributed numerous articles to the paper, and was at length transferred to the editorial room. In 1864 he was appointed secretary of the United States branch mint at San Francisco. Upon the establishment of the Overland Monthly, in 1868, he became its editor. From 1878 to 1885 he was consul successively at Crefield and Glasgow. Several of his books are collections of tales and sketches originally contributed to periodicals. His works include: Condensed Novels (1867); The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches (1870); Plain Language from Truthful James (1870), illustrated edition; The Heathen Chinee (1871), special edition; Poems (1871); East and West Poems (1871); Stories of the Sierras (1872); Poetical Works (1872); Mrs. Skaag?s Husbands, and Other Sketches (1873); M?liss (1873); An Episode of Fiddletown, and Other Sketches (1873); Echoes of the Foot-Hills (1875); Tales of the Argonauts, and Other Sketches (1875), Gabriel Conroy (1876); Two Men of Sandy Bar, A Drama (1876); Thankful Blossom (1877); The Story of a Mine (1878); The Hoodlum Band, and Other Stories (1879); The Twins of Marble Mountain, and Other Stories (1879); Complete Works (1882); Flip, and Other Stories (1882); In the Carquinez Woods (1883); On the Frontier (1884); Maruja (1885); By Shore and Sedge (1885); Snow Bound at Eagle?s (1885); The Queen of the Pirate Isle (1886); A Millionaire of Rough and Ready (1887); Devil?s Ford (1887); The Crusade of the Excelsior (1887); The Argonauts of North Liberty (1888); A Phyllis of the Sierras (1888); Cressy (1889); The Heritage of the Dedlow Marsh, and Other Tales (1889); A Waif of the Plains (1890); A Ward of the Golden Gate (1890); A Sappho of Green Springs, and Other Stories (1891); Colonel Starbottle?s Client, and Other People (1892); A First Family of Tasajera (1892); Susy (1893); Sally Dows, and Other Stories (1893); A Protegee of Jack Hamlin?s, and Other Stories (1894); The Bell-Ringer of Angel?s, and Other Stories (1894); Clarence (1895); In the Hollow of the Hills (1895); Three Partners, etc.