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Trent's Trust & Other Short Stories

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Francis Bret Harte was born on August 25, 1836 in Albany New York. As a young boy Harte developed an early love of books and reading. He first published at the tender age of 11; a satirical poem titled "Autumn Musings." Expecting praise he encountered anything but and was later to write "Such a shock was their ridicule to me that I wonder that I ever wrote another line of verse." By age 13 his formal education was at an end and four years later, in 1853, the family moved to California. Here the young man worked in a variety of capacities; miner, teacher, messenger, and journalist. But it was also here on the West coast that he found the stories and inspiration for the works that would endure his fame across the literary world. He championed the early writings of Mark Twain. He was instrumental in propelling the short story genre forward and brought tales of the Old West and the Gold Rush to a greater audience. At the height of his fame we would entertain staggering monetary offers to write for monthly magazines. His talents extended to poetry, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches. As he moved location initially further east to New York and then through Consular appointments to Europe and finally to settle in England his audience diminished but he continued to experiment, to write and to publish. Bret Harte died of throat cancer on May 5th 1902 and is buried in St Peter's Church in Frimley, Surrey, England. Here we publish another very fine collection of his short stories; "Trent's Trust & Other Short Stories".


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Publisher: Deadtree Publishing

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  • Release date: November 21, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9781783941957
  • Release date: November 21, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9781783941957
  • File size: 1300 KB
  • Release date: November 21, 2014

Open PDF ebook

  • ISBN: 9781783941957
  • File size: 1300 KB
  • Release date: November 21, 2014

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Francis Bret Harte was born on August 25, 1836 in Albany New York. As a young boy Harte developed an early love of books and reading. He first published at the tender age of 11; a satirical poem titled "Autumn Musings." Expecting praise he encountered anything but and was later to write "Such a shock was their ridicule to me that I wonder that I ever wrote another line of verse." By age 13 his formal education was at an end and four years later, in 1853, the family moved to California. Here the young man worked in a variety of capacities; miner, teacher, messenger, and journalist. But it was also here on the West coast that he found the stories and inspiration for the works that would endure his fame across the literary world. He championed the early writings of Mark Twain. He was instrumental in propelling the short story genre forward and brought tales of the Old West and the Gold Rush to a greater audience. At the height of his fame we would entertain staggering monetary offers to write for monthly magazines. His talents extended to poetry, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches. As he moved location initially further east to New York and then through Consular appointments to Europe and finally to settle in England his audience diminished but he continued to experiment, to write and to publish. Bret Harte died of throat cancer on May 5th 1902 and is buried in St Peter's Church in Frimley, Surrey, England. Here we publish another very fine collection of his short stories; "Trent's Trust & Other Short Stories".


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  • Details

    Publisher:
    Deadtree Publishing

    Kindle Book
    Release date: November 21, 2014

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781783941957
    Release date: November 21, 2014

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781783941957
    File size: 1300 KB
    Release date: November 21, 2014

    Open PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781783941957
    File size: 1300 KB
    Release date: November 21, 2014

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    PDF ebook
    Open PDF ebook
    Kindle restrictions
  • Languages
    English