Bret Harte 
Sally Dows (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 

’Sally Dows, ’ a novella set in Georgia during the Reconstruction, was compared to ’Mr. Henry James’s analytical studies of conduct’ in a contemporary review in the
New York Times. In addition to the title work, this 1893 collection includes ’The Conspiracy of Mrs. Bunker, ’ ’The Transformation of Buckeye Camp, ’ and ’Their Uncle from California.’ 

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Francis Bret Harte (1836-1902) wrote “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” and many other stories and poems about the Gold Rush. His writings gave the world a new outlook on the American West. He worked as miner, teacher, messenger, newspaper reporter and editor, as well as secretary of the San Francisco Mint, and was appointed U. S. consul in Germany and Scotland.