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Author: Bret Harte
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Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Author: Bret Harte
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Pages : 488
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Author: Bret Harte
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Languages : en
Pages : 331
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Author: Bret Harte
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Author: Bret Harte
Publisher: General Books
ISBN: 9781458911971
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907. Excerpt: ... BABY SYLVESTER It was at a little mining camp in the California Sierras that he first dawned upon me in all his grotesque sweetness. I had arrived early in the morning, but not in time to intercept the friend who was the object of my visit. He had gone "prospecting,"--so they told me on the river, --and would not probably return until late in the afternoon. They could not say what direction he had taken; they could not suggest that I would be likely to find him if I followed. But it was the general opinion that I had better wait. I looked around me. I was standing upon the bank of the river; and, apparently, the only other human beings in the world were my interlocutors, who were even then just disappearing from my horizon down the steep bank toward the river's dry bed. I approached the edge of the bank. Where could I wait? Oh, anywhere; down with them on the river-bar, where they were working, if I liked! Or I could make myself at home in any of those cabins that I found lying round loose. Or, perhaps it would be cooler and pleasanter for me in my friend's cabin on the hill. Did I see those three large sugarpines? And, a little to the right, a canvas roof and chimney over the bushes? Well that was my friend's--that was Dick Sylvester's cabin. I could stake my horse in that little hollow, and just hang round there till he came. I would find some books in the shanty; I could amuse myself with them. Or I could play with the baby. Do what? But they had already gone. I leaned over the bank and called after their vanishing figures, --"What did you say I could do?" The answer floated slowly up on the hot sluggish air, --"Pla-a-y with the ba-by." The lazy echoes took it up and tossed it languidly from hill to hill, until Bald Mountain opposite made some incoherent ...
Author: Bret Harte
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Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Author: Bret Harte
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Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Author: Bret Harte
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Author: Bret Harte
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Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Author: Bret Harte
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1458709604
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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A collection of short stories that are stimulating and engrossing is presented. An invigorating depth of psychology, affections and attitudes is offered. The characters are beautifully drawn and integrated in the plot leading to broad and comprehensive stories that captivate the reader.
Author: University of California (System). Institute of Library Research
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 876
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