The Life of Bret Harte, with Some Account of the California Pioneers

by Henry Childs Merwin

Book Overview

Francis Brett Harte was born at Albany in the State of New York, on August twenty-fifth, 1836. By his relatives and early friends he was called Frank; but soon after beginning his career as an author in San Francisco he signed his name as "Brett," then as "Bret," and finally as "Bret Harte." "Bret Harte," therefore, is in some degree a nom de guerre, and it was commonly supposed at first, both in the Eastern States and in England, to be wholly such...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1515094383
• ISBN13: 9781515094388
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"