The Best Short Stories of Bret Harte
- ISBN-10
- 0394602501
- ISBN-13
- 9780394602509
- Pages
- 517
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1947
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Author
- Bret Harte
Description
Bret Harte was the first American writer from the West Coast to gain an international reputation. He was instrumental in introducing frontier literature to eastern audiences. His stories established many of the basic characteristics of the western genre: rough, sarcastic humor, rustic dialect, and character types such as good-natured gamblers, greedy bankers, and prostitutes with hearts of gold.
