Cressy the Twins of Table Mountain


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Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.










Cressy


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Selections from Bret Harte, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush.




The Works


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The Twins of Table Mountain and Other Stories


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The title story of this wide-ranging collection of tales from Bret Harte follows the tempestuous relationship of the Pinkney brothers, Rudolph and Rutherford, who are twins by birth but couldn't be more different. In the story, the plight of a desperate young woman tears the brothers apart. Is there any hope for reconciliation?







Mark Twain's Literary Resources


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Dr. Alan Gribben, a foremost Twain scholar, made waves in 1980 with the publication of Mark Twain's Library, a study that exposed for the first time the breadth of Twain's reading and influences. Prior to Gribben's work, much of Twain's reading history was assumed lost, but through dogged searching Gribben was able to source much of Twain's library. Mark Twain's Literary Resources is a much-expanded examination of Twain's library and readings. Volume I included Gribben's reflections on the work involved in cataloging Twain's reading and analysis of Twain's influences and opinions. This volume, long awaited, is an in-depth and comprehensive accounting of Twain's literary history. Each work read or owned by Twain is listed, along with information pertaining to editions, locations, and more. Gribben also includes scholarly annotations that explain the significance of many works, making this volume of Mark Twain's Literary Resources one of the most important additions to our understanding of America's greatest author.




Cressy


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Francis Bret Harte (1836-1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California. Cressy is set in Tuolumne County, California, and chronicles the growing pains of a former mining camp turned town.