Cressy

Name: Cressy
Author: Bret Harte

by Bret Harte

Short story set in the California Gold Rush region

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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.

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