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Author : Bret Harte
Publisher : Dramatic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780871295477
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Outcasts of Poker Flat written by Bret Harte and published by Dramatic Publishing. This book was released on 1902 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bret Harte
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN 13 : 8728377583
Total Pages : 17 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Outcasts of Poker Flat written by Bret Harte and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2022-10-14 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the gambler, John Oakhurst, senses that he may have outstayed his welcome in the mining camp of Poker Flat, he sets off to find pastures new. Accompanied by the local drunk, Uncle Billy, and two prostitutes, he makes his way towards Sandy Bar. However, when things do not go according to plan, and the weather turns, Oakhurst must look deep inside himself to work out what to do. A gritty tale, riddled with tragedy and romance, ‘The Outcasts of Poker Flat’ does not spare the horses when it comes to depicting the difficulties faced by ordinary folk in the Old West. Born in New York, Bret Harte (1836 – 1902) was a prolific poet, author, and journalist. The son of one of the founders of the New York Stock Exchange, Harte’s education was erratic, and he left school at the age of 13. Four years later, he moved to California, trying out a number of jobs, including working as a miner and a journalist. After an unsuccessful stint as a stagecoach guard, he became a schoolteacher. Later, he was hired as an editor for ‘The Golden Era’ magazine. His piece on the Wiyot Massacre resulted in death threats, and Harte was forced to flee to San Francisco. There, he became a journalist for ‘The Atlantic Monthly’ and was instrumental in founding ‘The Californian’, and ‘The Overland Monthly’. The latter was to publish one of his most well-known stories, ‘The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches’. During his lifetime, Harte published more than 30 books.
Author : Bret Harte
Publisher : Holt McDougal
ISBN 13 : 9780883434086
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Outcasts of Poker Flat and Other Stories written by Bret Harte and published by Holt McDougal. This book was released on 1977-12 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hart portrays life in mining camps during the California gold rush.
Author : Bret Harte
Publisher : Tacet Books
ISBN 13 : 3967994422
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)
Download or read book 7 best short stories by Bret Harte written by Bret Harte and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.We selected seven short stories from this author so that you can know and appreciate his work:The Luck of Roaring CampThe Outcasts of Poker Flat Colonel Starbottle for the Plaintiff A Convert of the MissionA Widow of the Santa Ana Valley A Yellow DogMelons
Author : Bret Harte
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches written by Bret Harte and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martin Harris
Publisher : D&B Publishing
ISBN 13 : 191286200X
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)
Download or read book Poker & Pop Culture written by Martin Harris and published by D&B Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-23 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduced shortly after the United States declared its independence, poker’s growth and development has paralleled that of America itself. As a gambling game with mass appeal, poker has been played by presidents and peasants, at kitchen tables and final tables, for matchsticks and millions. First came the hands, then came the stories – some true, some pure bluffs, and many in between. In Poker & Pop Culture: Telling the Story of America’s Favorite Card Game, Martin Harris shares these stories while chronicling poker’s progress from 19th-century steamboats and saloons to 21st-century virtual tables online, including: Poker on the Mississippi Poker in the Movies Poker in the Old West Poker on the Newsstand Poker in the Civil War Poker in Literature Poker on the Bookshelf Poker in Music Poker in the White House Poker on Television Poker During Wartime Poker on the Computer From Mark Twain to “Dogs Playing Poker” to W.C. Fields to John Wayne to A Streetcar Named Desire to the Cold War to Kenny Rogers to ESPN to Star Trek: The Next Generation and beyond, Poker & Pop Culture provides a comprehensive survey of cultural productions in which poker is of thematic importance, showing how the game’s portrayal in the mainstream has increased poker’s relevance to American history and shaped the way we think about the game and its significance.
Author : Bret Harte
Publisher : Amereon Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780884115922
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Outcasts of Poker Flat written by Bret Harte and published by Amereon Limited. This book was released on 1982 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents nine stories from the famous chronicler of frontier life in the American West.
Author : Bret Harte
Publisher : Signet Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780451515940
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Outcasts of Poker Flat and Other Tales written by Bret Harte and published by Signet Classics. This book was released on 1961 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836- May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California. Bret Harte was born in Albany, New York, on August 25, 1836. He was named Francis Brett Hart after his great-grandfather, Francis Brett. When he was young his father, Henry, changed the spelling of the family name from Hart to Harte. Henry's father - Bret's grandfather - was Bernard Hart, an Orthodox Jewish immigrant who flourished as a merchant, becoming one of the founders of the New York Stock Exchange. Later, Francis preferred to be known by his middle name, but he spelled it with only one "t", becoming Bret Harte. An avid reader as a boy, Harte published his first work at age 11, a satirical poem titled "Autumn Musings," now lost. Rather than attracting praise, the poem resulted in his family's ridicule. As an adult, he recalled to a friend, "Such a shock was their ridicule to me that I wonder that I ever wrote another line of verse." His formal schooling ended when he was 13 in 1849. He moved to California in 1853, later working there in a number of capacities, including miner, teacher, messenger, and journalist. He spent part of his life in the northern California coastal town of Union (now Arcata), a settlement on Humboldt Bay that was established as a provisioning center for mining camps in the interior. The 1860 massacre of between 80 and 200 Wiyots at the village of Tuluwat was well documented historically and was reported in San Francisco and New York by Harte. When serving as assistant editor for the Northern Californian, Harte editorialized about the slayings while his boss, Stephen G. Whipple, was temporarily absent, leaving Harte in charge of the paper. Harte published a detailed account condemning the event, writing, "a more shocking and revolting spectacle never was exhibited to the eyes of a Christian and civilized people. Old women wrinkled and decrepit lay weltering in blood, their brains dashed out and dabbled with their long grey hair. Infants scarcely a span long, with their faces cloven with hatchets and their bodies ghastly with wounds." After he published the editorial, his life was threatened and he was forced to flee one month later. Harte quit his job and moved to San Francisco, where an anonymous letter published in a city paper is attributed to him, describing widespread community approval of the massacre. In addition, no one was ever brought to trial, despite the evidence of a planned attack and references to specific individuals, including a rancher named Larabee and other members of the unofficial militia called the Humboldt Volunteers.
Author : Bret Harte
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)
Download or read book Tennessee's Partner written by Bret Harte and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tennessee's Partner" by Bret Harte is set in Sandy Bar, an Old West town, and focuses on two men, nicknamed "Tennessee" and "Tennessee's Partner." While Tennessee is a reckless gambler, his partner is humorless and practical. Despite their disparate personalities, they share a strong friendship that did not fail even when Tennessee was responsible for his partner's bride estranging him. When Tennessee blatantly tries to steal from a stranger, he is arrested and put on trial. Tennessee's Partner tries to stick up for his friend, saying that he might not agree with everything Tennessee does, but he still supports him.
Author : Axel Nissen
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781617033599
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bret Harte written by Axel Nissen and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2000 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
