Bret Harte Prince and Pauper |
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Author:
| Nissen, Axel |
ISBN: | 978-1-57806-253-9 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2000 |
Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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A biography that charts the boom and bust of America's first celebrity author, once Mark Twain's chief rival in American literature. In this first scholarly biography of Bret Harte in nearly seventy years, Axel Nissen sets out to reevaluate the life and literary career of the legendary chronicler of the California gold rush.
A biography that charts the boom and bust of America's first celebrity author, once Mark Twain's chief rival in American literature. In this first scholarly biography of Bret Harte in nearly seventy years, Axel Nissen sets out to reevaluate the life and literary career of the legendary chronicler of the California gold rush.