• Although it shows some faint signs of life, how sickly are the leaves! As for fruit, there is none. America had in Bret Harte its most distinctively national poet."[36].
  • The following is an excerpt from Bret Harte's "The Outcasts of Poker Flat." Harte presents gambler John Oakhurst's observations.
  • Bret Harte was an American author who is often credited as one of the early pioneers of the local-color movement in American fiction, which emphasi...
  • The Bret Harte Page at American Literature, featuring a biography and Free Library of the author's Novels, Stories, Poems, Letters, and Texts.
  • Bret Harte. Leopold Classic Library is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive collection.
  • Francis Bret Harte, better known as Bret Harte, was born on 25 August 1836 in Albanay, New York, United States.
  • Bret Harte was a 19th century author and poet famous for his stories about California mining towns, and about the pioneering life in the California of his day.
  • He was born Francis Brett Hart in Albany, New York, named after his great-grandfather Francis Brett. ... Browse all poems and texts published on Bret Harte.
  • Harte died from throat cancer in Camberely, England on May 6, 1902. Famous quotations by Bret Harte: The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.
  • After Bret Harte hemorrhaged and died of throat cancer on May 5, 1902, it was Van de Velde who disposed of his ashes.