A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's

A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's: Jeff Briggs's Love Story is a novel written by Bret Harte. The book tells the story of Jeff Briggs, a young man from the East Coast who moves to California during the Gold Rush. Jeff is taken under the wing of Jack Hamlin, a notorious gambler, and becomes his protegee. As Jeff settles into life in California, he falls in love with a young woman named Mamie Muldoon. However, Mamie is already engaged to another man, and Jeff must navigate the complexities of love and loyalty. Along the way, Jeff learns valuable lessons about life and love from Jack Hamlin, who serves as a mentor and father figure to him.The novel is set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush, and Harte vividly depicts the rugged landscape and the rough-and-tumble world of the miners and gamblers who inhabit it. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's is a classic tale of love, loyalty, and redemption, and is widely regarded as one of Harte's best works.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.