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Francis Bret Harte (1836-1902) was a American writer.

Short Biography:

He became a goldminer at 18 before founding the Overland Monthly in 1868 in which he wrote short stories of the pioneer West, for example The Luck of Roaring Camp and poems such as The Heathen Chinee. From 1885 he settled in England after five years as US consul in Glasgow.

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Bret Harte was an American author and poet. read more...

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