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| The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) | 
| Author: Bret Harte
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $1.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 598343
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.3
ISBN: 0486272710
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.4
EAN: 9780486272719
ASIN: 0486272710
Publication Date: September 21, 1992
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Product Description
6 of the great American storyteller’s best, including "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," "Tennessee’s Partner," "M’liss," "A Protegee of Jack Hamlin’s" and "An Ingenue of the Sierras." Crisply observant, rich in ironic humor, an engaging mix of sentiment and wit, these enthralling tales deeply influenced the American short story, and set a future course for writers of "Western" fiction from Owen Wister to Zane Grey.
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 Cheering On the Underdog August 4, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Harte's stories are written with the underdog as the central characters. In "The Luck of Roaring Camp" there is a most motley crew of characters. They all seem to be down and out, or on hard times.
When a baby is born in camp, and it's mother dies... the young one brings luck to the camp.
Harte's language and characterizations are pure old west. If you enjoy westerns this book is for you. The ironic humor and down and out characters make for entertaining reading.
 Excellence February 2, 2001
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Harte's capacity to capture the sense of humanity beneath often typecast characters, deliver an emotional punch ending, and capture the reader's mind's eye with fluid imagery is astounding. Every piece in here is gold...now RUSH and order this book. (pa-da-ching)
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