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Synopsis
Bret Harte (1836-1902) was a 19th century writer most famous for his contributions to western literature. When his widowed mother moved their family to California in 1854, he found work as a miner, messenger, printer, and journalist, working with such lum
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About the Author
Bret Harte (1836 1902) was an American writer whose western stories and poems launched the "local color" school in American fiction.
Review
Short story by Bret Harte, published in 1868 in the Overland Monthly, which Harte edited. "The Luck" is a baby boy born to Cherokee Sal, a fallen woman who dies in childbirth at Roaring Camp, a California gold rush settlement. The men of the camp decide to raise the child themselves, and his presence inspires them to stop fighting and gambling and to clean themselves and the camp. When they discover gold, they believe that the child has brought them the fortune. Tragedy strikes, however, when a flood sweeps the camp, killing both the Luck and his protector. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
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- PublisherWildside Pr
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1434493466
- ISBN 13 9781434493460
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages252
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