Bret Harte

The Luck Of Roaring Camp And Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish And American Legends, And Earlier Papers (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

"The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales" is a collection of short stories by Bret Harte, including the titular story that helped propel Harte to international fame. 'The Luck of Roaring Camp,' tells the story of a gold prospecting camp in 19th-century California where a baby boy is born to a dying woman named Cherokee Sal. The miners, who believe the child to be a good luck charm, decide to raise him themselves and change their behavior, hoping to create a better life for the child. The story explores themes of redemption, community, and the harsh realities of life in the American West during the gold rush era. Other stories in the collection include 'The Outcasts of Poker Flat,' which follows a group of outcasts banished from their town and forced to survive in the wilderness, and 'Miggles,' a love story set against the backdrop of the gold rush. Harte's vivid descriptions and realistic dialogue bring the world of the Old West to life, making "The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales" a classic of American literature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Double 9 Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789358712308
• Artikelnr.: 68483424

Autorenporträt

Bret Harte was an American poet and short story writer who was born on August 25, 1836 and died on May 5, 1902. He is best known for his short stories about miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures from the California Gold Rush. In a career that lasted more than 40 years, he also wrote poems, plays, lectures, editorials, reviews of books, and sketches for magazines. As he moved from California to the east coast and then to Europe, he added new settings and people to his stories, but his Gold Rush stories are the ones that have been reprinted, changed, and praised the most. When he got back to San Francisco, he got married and started writing for the Golden Era. They released the first of his Condensed Novels, which were brilliant parodies of works by James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, and others. He then got a job as a clerk at the U.S. branch mint, which gave him the freedom to be the editor of the Californian. He hired Mark Twain to write weekly pieces for the paper.