{"product_id":"colonel-starbottles-client-by-bret-harte-fiction-westerns-historical-short-stories-hardcover","title":"Colonel Starbottle's Client by Bret Harte, Fiction, Westerns, Historical, Short Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBret Harte\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBret Harte is a fondly remembered western writer who spent only eighteen of his sixty-six years in the American west -- in fact, he went on, in 1878, to get work as an American consul in Germany, and as far as we can tell, never came back to the United States.\u003c\/strong\u003e He died in 1902, and was buried in the churchyard of St. Peter's Church, in Frimley, Surrey, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven so, the American west was in his heart, and that was what he wrote about -- here, in \u003cem\u003eColonel Starbottle's Client\u003c\/em\u003e, including stories like \"Colonel Starbottle's Client,\" \"The Postmistress of Laurel Run,\" \"A Night at 'Hays, '\" \"Johnson's 'Old Woman, '\" \"The New Assistant at Pine Clearing School,\" \"In a Pioneer Restaurant,\" \"A Treasure of the Galleon,\" \"Out of a Pioneer's Trunk,\" and \"The Ghosts of Stukeley Castle.\" Harte was a wonderful writer; this is a volume you won't want to miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 132\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52534129885491,"sku":"9781463897529","price":40.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aCtUZmhaemQyaC9jMUxRM3lqTFZOdz09.webp?v=1760741852","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/colonel-starbottles-client-by-bret-harte-fiction-westerns-historical-short-stories-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}