Bret Harte
Francis Brett Hart, known as Bret Harte, was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he also wrote poetry, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches.
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Trending topics shown first"Howbeit, though no scholar, I am not one of those who misuse the English speech, and, being foolishly led by the hasty custom of scriveners and printers to write the letters "T" and "H" joined togethe…"
"If I looked as good as Justin Chamo Spear I would look in the mirror too"
"Later, when we were forced to accept the fact that finding gold was really the primary object of a gold-mining company, we still remained there"
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1836
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Birth1902
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