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Bret Harte was born in Albany, New York, but headed west to California at age 18. In California he found literary success. As editor of the Overland Monthly, he commissioned pieces by Mark Twain, and Harte's own book The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches enjoeyd great popularity. Eventually, Harte moved back east again, but couldn't match his early western successes. Harte spent his later years as a diplomat, and eventually settled in London.

Works in the EAF Collection

Condensed Novels, and Other Papers (1867) (Restricted)

The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches (1870)

Mliss: An Idyl of Red Mountain. A Story of California in 1883 (1873) (Restricted)

Mrs. Skagg's Husbands, and Other Sketches (1873)

Tales of the Argonauts, and Other Sketches (1875) (Restricted)

EAF Manuscript Materials

Manuscript: Review of The Gates Ajar

Letter: Harte to J. S. Clark (September 27, 1872)

Letter: Harte to James R. Osgood (May 8, 1875)

Photo: Bret Harte

Contemporary Biographies

From Oscar Fay Adams, A Dictionary of American Authors (1901)

From Samuel Austin Allibone, A Critical Dictionary of English Literature (1900)

Other Resources

Guides to Bret Harte manuscript holdings from UVA Special Collections :

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