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Colonel Starbottle's Client and Other Stories

By Bret Harte

2019-10-24 18:21:54

Society has forgiven Jo Corbin for killing a man, but can he forgive himself? Will the Postmistress lose all in a bid to help a friend escape justice? Will the new teaching assistant's unorthodox ways tame the unruly pioneer children? These are just ... Read more
Society has forgiven Jo Corbin for killing a man, but can he forgive himself? Will the Postmistress lose all in a bid to help a friend escape justice? Will the new teaching assistant's unorthodox ways tame the unruly pioneer children? These are just three of the nine wonderful short stories from Bret Harte, set in wild and wooly 19th century California. Less

Book Details

File size143.586 KB
Print pages154
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2006-06-01
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1374936003
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Bret Harte
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Francis Brett Hart, known as Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902), was an American short story writer and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other roma...

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