A selection of letters by Bret Harte - provides a definitive portrait of the writer through his own words.

Taylor was one of the most famous persons of his day and carried on a wide correspondence. His ambition and thirst for fame are recurrent themes in these letter

Bret Harte was the best-known and highest paid writer in America in the early 1870s, yet his vexed attempts to earn a living by his pen led to the failure of hi

Bret Harte was at the forefront of western American literature, paving the way for other writers, including Mark Twain. For the first time in one volume, The Lu