About Bret Harte

A Buckeye Hollow Inheritance
A Knight-Errant Of The Foothills.
A Mercury Of The Foot-Hills
A Pupil Of Chestnut Ridge
A Rose Of Glenbogie.
A Secret Of Telegraph Hill
A Ship of `49
A Ward Of Colonel Starbottle`s
An Ali Baba Of The Sierras
An Apostle Of The Tules
An Esmeralda Of Rocky Canyon
Captain Jim`s Friend.
Chu Chu
Colonel Starbottle For The Plaintiff
Complete Poetical Works
Dan`l Borem By E. N--S W--T--T
Dick Boyle`s Business Card
Dick Spindler`s Family Christmas
Fantine AFTER THE FRENCH OF VICTOR HUGO.
Golly And The Christian THE MINX AND THE MANXMAN, By H--LL C--NE
Guy Heavystone "ENTIRE." - A MUSCULAR NOVEL. - BY THE AUTHOR or "SWORD AND GUN."
Handsome Is As Handsome Does. BY CH--S R--DE.
John Jenkins THE SMOKER REFORMED. - BY T. S. A--TH--R.
Johnnyboy
La Femme AFTER THE FRENCH OF M. MICHELET.
Lanty Foster`s Mistake
Liberty Jones`s Discovery
Lothaw THE ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN IN SEARCH OF A RELIGION.
Mary Mcgillup A SOUTHERN NOVEL AFTER BELLE BOYD WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY G. A. S--LA.
Miss Mix BY CH--L--TTE BR--NTE.
Miss Peggy`s Proteges
Mr. Jack Hamlin`s Mediation
Mr. Macglowrie`s Widow
Mr. Midshipman Breezy A NAVAL OFFICER. BY CAPTAIN M--RRY--T, R. N.
Muck-A-Muck A MODERN INDIAN NOVEL. AFTER COOPER.
My First Book
N N. BEING A NOVEL IN THE FRENCH PARAGRAPHIC STYLE.
No Title. By W--LK--E C--LL--NS.
Prosper`s "Old Mother"
Rupert The Resembler Br A--TH--Y H--PE
Sarah Walker
Selina Sedilia BY MISS M. E. B--DD--N AND MRS. H--N--Y W--D.
Stories Three BY R--DY--D K--PL--G
Terence Denville BY CH--L--S L--V--R.
The Adventures Of John Longbowe, Yeoman BEING A MODERN-ANTIQUE REALISTIC ROMANCE (COMPILED FROM SEVERAL EMINENT SOURCES)
The Bell-Ringer Of Angel`s
The Boom In The "Calaveras Clarion"
The Convalescence Of Jack Hamlin
The Crusader of the Excelsior
The Dweller Of The Threshold BY SIR ED--D L--TT--N B--LW--R.
The Goddess Of Excelsior
The Haunted Man A CHRISTMAS STORY.
The Heritage Of Dedlow Marsh.
The Landlord Of The Big Flume Hotel
The Man At The Semaphore
The Mystery Of The Hacienda.
The Ninety-Nine Guardsmen BY AL--X--D--R D--M--S
The Reincarnation Of Smith
The Secret Of Sobriente`s Well
The Sheriff Of Siskyou.
The Stolen Cigar Case By A. CO--N D--LE
Trent`s Trust
When The Waters Were Up At "Jules`"
Young Robin Gray.
Zut-Ski THE PROBLEM OF A WICKED FEME SOLE BY M--R--E C--R--LLI

08/25/1836 Bret Harte was born in Albany, New York, to a family of little financial means

1845 father dies

1854 his mother, now a widow, moved him to California.

1857 he found work as a compositor in the office of the San Francisco Golden Era.

1864 Harte obtained an appointment in the branch mint at San Francisco

1865 Outcroppings printed

1868 Harte is editor of newly founded Overland Monthly

1870 Plain Language from Truthful James published

1871 he moved to New York

1877 writes play Ah Sin with Mark Twain

1878 Bret Harte was appointed United States Counsul at Crefeld, Germany

1880 Harte was transferred to Glasgow, Scotland

05/06/1902 He died in Camberely, England from throat cancer

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