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"No body of rough, uncouth, pistolled ruffians, such as Bret Harte depicts the miners, would have formed such a group of benevolent, far-reaching and comprehensive laws.
A Tramp Through the Bret Harte Country Thomas Dykes Beasley
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In 1906 and 1907, Pierpont Morgan had acquired some manuscripts of the American writer Bret Harte.
Carolyn Vega: A Christmas Gift for Pierpont Morgan Carolyn Vega 2011
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In 1906 and 1907, Pierpont Morgan had acquired some manuscripts of the American writer Bret Harte.
Carolyn Vega: A Christmas Gift for Pierpont Morgan Carolyn Vega 2011
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In 1906 and 1907, Pierpont Morgan had acquired some manuscripts of the American writer Bret Harte.
Carolyn Vega: A Christmas Gift for Pierpont Morgan Carolyn Vega 2011
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In 1906 and 1907, Pierpont Morgan had acquired some manuscripts of the American writer Bret Harte.
Carolyn Vega: A Christmas Gift for Pierpont Morgan Carolyn Vega 2011
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Unlike the tales of the California Gold Rush (popularized by Bret Harte) or the Klondike Gold Rush (Jack London), the Cariboo Gold Rush, which happened in my stomping grounds, has never had that special writer who brought the place alive to the reading public.
Bulldog Carney Dark Worlds Club 2010
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The story is a Bret Harte–ish tale of early California, the leading lady Mabel Van Buren is homely, but Jeanie Macpherson, who acted in the film, is noticeably charming.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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Or, like his friendly competitor Bret Harte, he could concentrate his energies in the opposite direction and try to write for the elite literary magazines of Boston and New York.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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Born in California, I was weaned on 19th-century San Francisco tales of Twain and Bret Harte and Emperor Norton, and Gaiman's gift for bio-invention remains beguilingly masterful.
THE INEXPENDABLES: Five picks for your Summer Reading List 2010
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Unlike the tales of the California Gold Rush (popularized by Bret Harte) or the Klondike Gold Rush (Jack London), the Cariboo Gold Rush, which happened in my stomping grounds, has never had that special writer who brought the place alive to the reading public.
Archive 2010-02-01 Dark Worlds Club 2010
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