Stories of the American West

Colorful, vivid stories of the California Gold Rush, the Wild West, and the Mexican War made Bret Harte one of the most popular writers of his time. The Bell-Ringer of Angel’s short story title is the epithet of one Alexander McGee, whose accurate aim would pierce the bull''s eye of a mechanical target and cause a bell to ring. The Luck of Roaring Camp is the story of an infant born into a mining ...