A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's

A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's: Jeff Briggs's Love Story by Bret Harte is a classic American novel that tells the story of a young man named Jeff Briggs and his journey to find love and success in the Wild West. Jeff is a talented musician and singer who dreams of making it big in San Francisco. However, his plans are derailed when he falls in love with a beautiful woman named Mamie Muldoon.Mamie is the protegee of Jack Hamlin, a notorious gambler and womanizer who takes Jeff under his wing. Jeff soon finds himself caught up in a world of gambling, drinking, and debauchery, and he must navigate these dangerous waters if he wants to win Mamie's heart.As Jeff struggles to find his place in the world, he learns valuable lessons about love, loyalty, and the true meaning of success. Along the way, he encounters a colorful cast of characters, including miners, cowboys, and saloon girls, who help him on his journey.A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's: Jeff Briggs's Love Story is a timeless tale of love and adventure in the Wild West. With its vivid descriptions of life in the frontier towns of California, the novel captures the spirit of the American West and the struggles of those who lived there.1894. Illustrated. 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. This selection of stories includes: A Protegee of Jack Hamlin�������s; An Ingenue of the Sierras; The Reformation of James Reddy; The Heir of the McHulishes; An Episode of West Woodlands; and The Home-Coming of Jim Wilkes. 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.