Download or read book Selected Stories of Bret Harte written by Bret Harte and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harte was a master storyteller best known for his short stories featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. Harte moved from New York to California after working for a while in a lawyer's office and then in a merchant's counting house.