Stories of the Old West

Collection contains: 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.

First sentence: It was toward the close of a bright October day.

Year

1999

Language

English

Publisher

Penguin Books

Editions

5

Pages

475

ISBN

9780140145502

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