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Tales of Trail and TownHarte, Bret, 1836-1902enThe ancestors of Peter Atherly -- Two Americans -- The judgement of Bolinas Plain -- The strange experience of Alkali Dick -- A night on the divide -- The youngest prospector in Calaveras -- A tale of three truantsAmerican fiction -- 19th century; Short stories2006-05-18
Mr. Jack Hamlin's MediationHarte, Bret, 1836-1902enMr. Jack Hamlin's mediation -- The man at the semaphore -- An Esmeralda of Rocky Cañon -- Dick Spindler's family Christmas -- When the waters were up at "Jules" -- The boom in the "Calaveras Clarion" -- The secret of Sobriente's well -- Liberty Jones's discoveryAmerican fiction -- 19th century; Short stories2006-05-18
The Best American Humorous Short StoriesenEdited and introduced by Alexander JessupThe little Frenchman and his water lots -- The angel of the odd -- The schoolmaster's progress -- The Watkinson evening -- Titbottom's spectacles -- My double; and how he undid me -- A visit to the asylum for aged and decayed punsters -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County -- Elder Brown's backslide -- The hotel experience of Mr. Pink Fluker -- The nice people -- The Buller-Podington compact -- Colonel Starbottle for the plaintiff -- The duplicity of Hargraves -- Bargain day at Tutt House -- A call -- How the widow won the deacon -- Gideon.2004-02-01
Selected Stories of Bret HarteHarte, Bret, 1836-1902enThe luck of Roaring Camp -- The Outcasts of Poker Flat -- Miggles -- Tennessee's Partner -- The Idly of Red Gulch -- Brown of Calaveras -- High-Water Mark -- A Lonely Ride -- The Man of No Account -- Mliss -- The Right Eye of the Commander -- Notes by Flood and Field -- An Episode of Fiddletown -- Barker's Luck -- A Yellow Dog -- A Mother of Five -- Bulger's Reputation -- In the Tules -- A Convert of the Mission -- The Indiscretion of Elsbeth -- The Devotion of EnriquezWestern stories; Short stories2006-05-03
Humorous Masterpieces from American LiteratureVariousenSelections from the Experiences of the A.C. -- Dobbs His Ferry -- Father Higgins's Preferment -- Fred Trover's Little Iron-Clad -- Mr. Bluff Discourses on the Country and Kindred Themes -- Garden Ethics -- Captain Ben's Choice -- Street Scenes in Washington -- Selections from Transcendental Wild Oats -- Conversational Depravity -- The Tower of London -- Science and Natural History -- From the "Lecture" -- Our Tavern -- A Piece of Red Calico -- Aunt Pen's Funeral -- The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County -- Ben Thirlwall's School-days -- Selections from a Brace of Boys -- A Rivermouth Romance.2005-04-08




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