The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Introduction

"The Outcasts of Poker Flat" from The Overland Monthly, January 1869

"The Outcasts of Poker Flat" (1869) is a short story written by author of the American West Bret Harte.[1] An example of naturalism and local color of California during the first half of the nineteenth century, the story was first published in January 1869 in the magazine Overland Monthly. It was one of two short stories which brought the author national attention.


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