Bret Harte
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
90 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1870, the young San Francisco–based writer and editor Bret Harte (1836–1902) first compiled a single-volume edition of his rousing stories of life in the Wild West. Entitled The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches, the book propelled him almost overnight from local celebrity to American literary lion. Four of the most famous of those tales are included in this collection: the title story, "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," "Tennessee's Partner,"...
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Ever since his first appearance, in Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 novella A Study in Scarlet, readers have loved reading about Sherlock Holmes almost as much as writers have loved writing about him. In this deluxe hardcover edition, Otto Penzler collects eighty-three wonderful stories about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, published over a span of more than a hundred years." -- From dust jacket.
Publisher
Bristol Park Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Bristol Park Books edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 352 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Through the years, these famous and familiar poems have captured the imagination, heart, and soul of readers who have often committed them to memory. It may be a complete poem, a stanza, or a single memorable line that makes these poems famous and familiar. Here you will find the familiar sonnets of Shakespeare and beloved poems from Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Edna St. Vincent Millay. Re-read Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Paul...