A Niece of Snapshot Harry's and Other Tales

A Niece of Snapshot Harry's and Other Tales is a collection of short stories written by Bret Harte. The book includes the title story, A Niece of Snapshot Harry's, which follows the adventures of a young woman who inherits a fortune from her uncle, a famous photographer. Other stories in the collection include The Haunted Man, A Night at Wingdam, and The Man Who Was Not on the Passenger List. Harte's writing is known for its vivid descriptions of life in the American West during the late 19th century, and these stories are no exception. The characters are colorful and often flawed, and the plots are filled with unexpected twists and turns. Whether you are a fan of Western literature or just enjoy a good story, A Niece of Snapshot Harry's and Other Tales is sure to entertain and delight.1900. Bret Harte's witty, sometimes heart-rending tales of frontier California earned him acclaim during the 1860s as the new prophet of American letters. His books, The Luck of Roaring Camp, The Outcasts of Poker Flat and M'liss, helped establish the foundations of western American fiction. Contents: A Niece of Snapshot Harry's; What Happened at the Fonda; Mr. Bilson's Housekeeper; Jimmy's Big Brother from California; The Youngest Miss Piper; A Widow of the Santa Ana Valley; The Mermaid of Lighthouse Point; Three Vagabonds of Trinidad; A Mercury of the Foot-Hills; Colonel Starbottle for the Plaintiff; The Landlord of the Big Flume Hotel; The Reincarnation of Smith; Lanty Foster's Mistake; An Ali Baba of the Sierras; and The Four Guardians of Lagrange. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.