This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Bret Harte’s *The Luck of Roaring Camp* is a sentimental yet sharply observed Western story about a rough California mining settlement transformed by the birth of a baby boy. When the child’s mother dies shortly after giving birth, the hardened miners of Roaring Camp unexpectedly take responsibility for raising him, naming him Thomas Luck and gradually changing their habits, surroundings, and attitudes in the belief that the infant has ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Bret Harte’s *Tennessee’s Partner* is a poignant Western tale centered on the unusual loyalty between two rough frontier men in a California mining community. When Tennessee becomes involved in crime and is finally captured, his unnamed partner remains steadfastly devoted to him, even attempting in his own awkward way to intervene on his behalf. After Tennessee is executed, the partner quietly takes responsibility for burying him and co...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Bret Harte’s *The Outcasts of Poker Flat* is a stark Western tale about a group of social undesirables expelled from the California mining town of Poker Flat and forced into the wilderness. The party includes the composed gambler John Oakhurst, two women of ill repute, a habitual drunkard, and, later, an innocent young couple who unknowingly join them on the trail. When a severe snowstorm traps the group in the mountains, their situatio...