Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. This edition is dedicated to Bret Harte. Bret Harte was the first American writer from the West Coast to gain an international reputation. He was instrumental in introducing frontier literature to eastern audiences. His stories established many of the basic characteristics of the western genre: rough, sarcastic humor, rustic dialect, and character types such as good-natured gamblers, greedy bankers, and prostitutes with hearts of gold. This books contains: - The Outcasts of Poker Flat. - The Luck of Roaring Camp. - Colonel Starbottle for the Plaintiff. - A Convert of the Mission. - A Widow of the Santa Ana Valley. - A Yellow Dog. - The Convalescence of Jack Hamlin. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!