Colonel Starbottle's Client and Other Short Stories
Written by Bret Harte
Narrated by John Bolen
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About this audiobook
Bret Harte's witty, sometimes heart-rending tales of frontier California earned him acclaim during the 1860s as the new prophet of American letters. His books-The Luck of Roaring Camp, The Outcasts of Poker Flat, and M'liss-helped establish the foundations of western American fiction. This book includes the following classic tales:
-"Colonel Starbottle's Client"
-"The Postmistress of Laurel Run"
-"A Night at Hays"
-"Johnson's Old Woman"
-"The New Assistant at Pine Clearing School"
-"In a Pioneer Restaurant"
-"A Treasure of the Galleon"
-"Out of a Pioneer's Trunk"
-"The Ghosts of Stukeley Castle"
Bret Harte
Bret Harte (1836–1902) was an author and poet known for his romantic depictions of the American West and the California gold rush. Born in New York, Harte moved to California when he was seventeen and worked as a miner, messenger, and journalist. In 1868 he became editor of the Overland Monthly, a literary journal in which he published his most famous work, “The Luck of Roaring Camp.” In 1871 Harte returned east to further his writing career. He spent his later years as an American diplomat in Germany and Britain.
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