Bret Harte Books app for iPhone and iPad


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Education Book
Developer: EBOOK
5.99 USD
Current version: 2.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 18 Oct 2010
App size: 5.29 Mb

Bret Harte (1836-1902), American author and poet, was best famous for his accounts of pioneering life in California. His first literary efforts, including poetry and prose, appeared in The Californian, an early literary journal edited by Charles Henry Webb. In 1868 he became editor of The Overland Monthly, another new literary magazine, but this one more in tune with the pioneering spirit of excitement in California. His story, "The Luck of Roaring Camp", appeared in the magazines second edition, propelling Harte to nationwide fame. Harte also was the first editor of the Overland Monthly.

Bret Harte Books provides the works of Bret Harte as listed below:

A Convert of the Mission
A Drift from Redwood Camp
A First Family of Tasajara
A Lonely Ride
A Maecenas of the Pacific Slope
A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready
A Mother of Five
A Phyllis of the Sierras
A Protegee of Jack Hamlins and Other Stories
A Romance of the Line
A Sappho of Green Springs
A Vision of the Fountain
A Waif of the Plains
A Ward of the Golden Gate
A Widow of the Santa Ana Valley
A Yellow Dog
An Episode of Fiddletown
Barkers Luck
Bohemian Days in San Francisco
Brown of Calaveras
Bulgers Reputation
By Shore and Sedge
Colonel Starbottles Client and Other Stories
Condensed New Burlesques
Condensed Novels
Cressy
Devils Ford
Drift From Two Shores
From Sand Hill to Pine
Frontier Stories
High-Water Mark
How Reuben Allen "Saw Life" in San Francisco
How Santa Claus Came To Simpsons Bar
In a Hollow of the Hills
In the Tules
Jeff Briggss Love Story
Jimmys Big Brother from California
Legends and Tales
Maruja
Miggles
Mliss
Mr. Jack Hamlins Mediation and Other Stories
Mrs. Skaggss Husbands and Other Stories
Notes by Flood and Field
Openings in the Old Trail
Sally Dows and Other Stories
Salomy Jane
Snow-Bound at Eagles
Stories in Light and Shadow
Susy: A Story of the Plains
Tales of the Argonauts
Tales of Trail and Town
Tennessees Partner
Thankful Blossom
The Bell-Ringer of Angels and Other Stories
The Chatelaine of Burnt Ridge
The Devotion of Enriquez
The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales
The Idyl of Red Gulch
The Indiscretion of Elsbeth
The Luck of Roaring Camp
The Man of No Account
The Mermaid of Lighthouse Point
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
The Queen of the Pirate Isle
The Right Eye of the Commander
The Three Partners
The Twins of Table Mountain and Other Stories
The Youngest Miss Piper
Three Vagabonds of Trinidad
Through the Santa Clara Wheat
Trents Trust and Other Stories
Two Men of Sandy Bar
Under the Eaves
Urban Sketches

Powerful reader is also provided. You can adjust the size and color of the font as well as the background color. Night reading mode (dark mode) and highlight mode are also provided to make it suitable for reading at nights or when it is dark. When turning pages, the only thing you need to do is to simply slide your fingers. The page you were last reading will be automatically recorded and a bookmark can be inserted to anywhere you like. Also, you can write reading notes regarding to certain contents. In addition, an English dictionary is attached to the book for your word query at any time.