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Book Description: University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, 2006. Book Condition: Brand New. Hardcover, 227 pages. First printing. Size 9.25"x6.25". "The two plays in this collection, The Luck of Roaring Camp, by Bret Harte, and The Prince of Timbuctoo, by Sam Davis, were written by Old West authors as the nineteenth century transitioned into the twentieth. Both plays are original treatments of Americans in the Old World - France and Africa, respectively. Hitherto, both plays were lost - never published, and forgotten.Harte greatly revised his famous short story to turn its title character into an attractive ingénue sent by her mining camp foster parents to acquire an education and polish in France. . . . . In Davis's play, a comic opera, three Americans come to Timbuctoo to exploit it. But two of them decide to support the young prince of the kingdom who is trying to gain his rightful throne and marry the girl of his choice." New condition, clean and unmarked. Bookseller Inventory # 005058

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Book Description: Univ of New Mexico Pr. Book Condition: BRAND NEW. BRAND NEW Hardcover Publisher List Price= $39.95 A Brand New Quality Book from a Full-Time Bookshop in business since 1992!. Bookseller Inventory # 224942

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Book Description: University of New Mexico Press, United States, 2006. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 230 x 155 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. The two plays in this collection, "The Luck of Roaring Camp, " by Bret Harte, and "The Prince of Timbuctoo, " by Sam Davis, were written by Old West authors as the nineteenth century transitioned into the twentieth. Both plays are original treatments of Americans in the Old World--France and Africa, respectively. Hitherto, both plays were lost--never published, and forgotten.At first glance, the plays appear to be very different. Harte greatly revised his famous short story to turn its title character into an attractive ing nue sent by her mining camp foster parents to acquire an education and polish in France. There she and the son of an aristocratic family fall in love and confront complications of class and money. In Davis's play, a comic opera, three Americans come to Timbuctoo to exploit it. But two of them decide to support the young prince of the kingdom who is trying to gain his rightful throne and marry the girl of his choice. Despite malicious intrigues, both works end happily, reflecting their authors' Old West beliefs in a society where character takes precedence over birth. Both plays besides being valuable additions to the literature of the period are intrinsically entertaining. Bookseller Inventory # AAN9780826337641

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Book Description: University of New Mexico Press. Hardback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW, Old West in the Old World: Lost Plays by Bret Harte and Sam Davis, Bret Harte, Sam Post Davis, Lawrence I Berkove, Gary Scharnhorst, The two plays in this collection, 'The Luck of Roaring Camp,' by Bret Harte, and 'The Prince of Timbuctoo,' by Sam Davis, were written by "Old West" authors as the nineteenth century transitioned into the twentieth. Both plays are original treatments of Americans in the Old World - France and Africa, respectively. Hitherto, both plays were lost - never published, and forgotten. At first glance, the plays appear to be very different. Harte greatly revised his famous short story to turn its title character into an attractive ingenue sent by her mining camp foster parents to acquire an education and polish in France. There, she and the son of an aristocratic family fall in love and confront complications of class and money. In Davis' play, a comic opera, three Americans come to Timbuctoo to exploit it. But, two of them decide to support the young prince of the kingdom who is trying to gain his rightful throne and marry the girl of his choice. Despite malicious intrigues, both works end happily, reflecting their authors' Old West beliefs in a society where character takes precedence over birth. Both plays besides being valuable additions to the literature of the period are intrinsically entertaining. Bookseller Inventory # B9780826337641

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Book Description: Book Condition: New. The two plays in this collection, 'The Luck of Roaring Camp,' by Bret Harte, and 'The Prince of Timbuctoo,' by Sam Davis, were written by "Old West" authors as the nineteenth century transitioned into the twentieth. Both plays are original treatments of Americans in the Old World - France and Africa, respectively. Hitherto, both plays were lost - never published, and forgotten. At first glance, the plays appear to be very different. Harte greatly revised his famous short story to turn its title character into an attractive ingenue sent by her mining camp foster parents to acquire an education and polish in France. There, she and the son of an aristocratic family fall in love and confront complications of class and money. In Davis' play, a comic opera, three Americans come to Timbuctoo to exploit it. But, two of them decide to support the young prince of the kingdom who is trying to gain his rightful throne and marry the girl of his choice. Despite malicious intrigues, both works end happily, reflecting their authors' Old West beliefs in a society where character takes precedence over birth. Both plays besides being valuable additions to the literature of the period are intrinsically entertaining. Brand NEW unread book. Hard cover bound book. Bookseller Inventory # 9780826337641

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Book Description: Univ of New Mexico Pr, 2006. Hardcover. Book Condition: Brand New. 227 pages. 9.75x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # __0826337643

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