The complete online text of Legends and Tales by Bret Harte.

Francis Brett Harte (1837-1902), known as Bret Harte, an American poet and fiction writer who specialized in local color and regional stories, set the fashion in fiction for a number of writers in the era following the Civil War. Bret Harte, born in Alba...

Bret Harte was the first Pacific slope writer to gain an international reputation for his work. As a deft observer of character and conditions, he introduced to a worldwide audience the picturesque life of mid-nineteenth-century northern California. Yet...

Bret Harte was the first Pacific slope writer to gain an international reputation for his work. As a deft observer of character and conditions, he introduced to a worldwide audience the picturesque life of mid-nineteenth-century northern California. Yet...

Joe Foss died. Those that keep track of such things tell us that 3,000 World War II veterans die every day. We are losing the members of the Greatest Generation all too quickly. Joe Foss was an outstanding member of the Greatest Generation,...

At one time, the legends and tales of different cultures were passed on in the oral tradition; storytellers were valued historians in a community. Today's children can enjoy these ancient, well-loved tales from different countries as many appear in picture-storybook form. Because the stories...