[Gutenberg 2858] • Cressy
![[Gutenberg 2858] • Cressy](/cover/yeMGDX6qyuLSx1EO/big/[Gutenberg%202858]%20%e2%80%a2%20Cressy.jpg)
- Authors
- Harte, Bret
- Publisher
- American Cowboy Books
- Tags
- young women -- fiction , american fiction -- 19th century , california -- social life and customs -- 19th century -- fiction , teachers -- fiction , schoolgirls -- fiction
- Date
- 2014-05-12T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.15 MB
- Lang
- en
• Three of American author Bret Harte’s western books are in this Kindle edition: Cressy, Gabriel Conroy and the short story collection The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Cressy
Cressy McKinstry is on her way home from Sacramento but the big news is that she is "engaged" to Seth Davis in this novel first published in 1922. It is part western, part romance.
Gabriel Conroy (1875)
This is a story set during the Gold Rush.California resembles a new land and there is a scramble of men from all over the world to search for gold.
The Outcasts of Poker Flat., The Luck of Roaring Camp & Other Stories (1868)
A short story collection of western tales.
About The Author
American author Francis Bret Harte (1836 – 1902) is best known for his stories about pioneering life in California. His books include:
1\. The Outcasts of Poker Flat, Luck of Roaring Camp & Other Stories (1899)
2\. Frontier Stories (1887)
3\. Three Partners, or The Big Strike on Heavy Hill (1897)
4\. The Twins of Table Mountain (1879)
5\. On the Frontier (1884)
6\. Gabriel Conroy (1882)
7\. By Shore and Sedge (1885)
8\. Mr Jack Hamlin’s Meditation (1889)
9\. Susy, a story of the plains (1893)
10\. Tales of the Argonauts (1896)