Bret Harte
Bret Harte pioneered the literature of the American West with his colorful tales of California Gold Rush miners, gamblers, and outlaws. His sentimental yet vivid stories made him internationally famous in the 1870s.
Works
- The Luck of Roaring CampShort story of miners who sacrifice and ultimately find redemption through a child
- The Outcasts of Poker FlatStory of outcasts exiled to the Sierra Nevada wilderness and their unexpected nobility
- Gabriel ConroyNovel of a man seeking his son in the California wilderness and Sierra region
- CressyShort story set in the California Gold Rush region
- A Phyllis of the SierrasRomantic tale of a young woman living in the Sierra Nevada mountains