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(1836-1902) Short story writer. Bret Harte was born in Albany, New York. He worked in California as a miner, school teacher, express messenger, printer, and journalist. His story, “The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches” (1870), was published in the “Overland Monthly” and brought him instant and wide fame. He was thereafter requested to contribute poems and articles to a number of publications. His stories of the American west were much in demand in the eastern United States. In 1871 he moved to New York. He lived at 487 Hudson Street, Greenwich Village, and later at 16 5th Avenue and 713 Broadway in Manhattan, New York. He later moved to Boston.

Full Name

Bret Harte

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1836

BIRTH

Bret Harte was born Francis Brett Hart in Albany, New York, in 1836.

1860

LITWORK

The Work on Red Mountain


Novelette.

1863

LITWORK

M'Liss


Story.

1865

LITWORK

Outcroppings


Collection of poetry.

1867

LITWORK

The Lost Galleon


Collection of poems.

1869

LITWORK

The Outcasts Of Poker Flat


Short story.

1870

LITWORK

The Luck Of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches


Collection of short stories published in the "Overland Monthly" and brought him instant and wide fame.

1870

LITWORK

The Heathen Chinee


Poem.

1871

RESIDENCE

Harte moved to New York in 1871. He lived at 487 Hudson Street, Greenwich Village, and later at 16 5th Avenue and 713 Broadway in Manhattan, New York.

1871

LITWORK

East and West Poems

1873

LITWORK

Mrs. Skagg's Husbands


Collection of magazine writings.

1875

LITWORK

Tales of the Argonauts


Collection of short stories.

1902

DEATH

Bret Harte died in London, England in 1902.

1902

INTERMENT

Bret Harte is buried in Saint Peter's Churchyard, Frimley, Surrey, England.

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