Stories of the Old West

First published 1994

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Bret Harte: Muck-a-muck — Right eye of the commander — Luck of roaring camp — Outcasts of Poker Flat — Tennessee’s partner — Brown of Calaveras — Mark Twain: Notorious frog of Calaveras County — Jim Blaine and his grandfather’s ram — Scotty Briggs and the parson — What stumped the bluejays (Jim Baker’s bluejay yarn) — Californian’s tale — Ambrose Bierce: Holy terror — Secret of Macarger’s Gulch — Night-doings at “Deadman’s” — Stranger — Owen Wister: Specimen Jones — Serenade at Siskiyou — Second Missouri compromise — Sharon’s choice — Frederick Remington: Sergeant of the orphan troop — Sun-down Leflare’s warm spot — Sun-down’s higher self — When a document is official — Billy’s tearless woe — Stephen Crane: A man and some others — Bride comes to Yellow Sky — Twelve O’clock — Moonlight on the snow — Jack London: All gold canyon — Frank Norris: Passing of Cock-eye Blacklock — Two hearts that beat as one — Stewart Edward White: Girl who got rattled — Prospector — Ole Virginia — Corner in horses — Two-man gun — O.

Henry: Ransom of Mack — Call loan — Princess and the puma — Passing of Black Eagle — Departmental case — Last of the troubadours — Mary Austin: The land — Case of conscience — Ploughed lands — Return of Mr. Wills — The Fakir — Readjustment — House of Offence — Walking woman.

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Mark Twain, 1835–1910, United States.

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Penguin Books · 475 pages

Publisher
Penguin Books
Pages
475
ISBN
978-0-670-83647-5 +3
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pages
475
ISBNs
  • 978-0-670-83647-5
  • 978-0-8061-8166-0
  • 978-0-8061-3283-9
  • 978-0-14-014550-2
Author
Seelye, John D. · Twain, Mark, 1835–1910 · Bierce, Ambrose · London, Jack
Statement
Stories of the Old West / John D. Seelye, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce and Jack London.
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Open Library

Subjects

  • Western stories
  • Gold mines and mining
  • Ranch life