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James, George Wharton; Cloud, A.J : Bret Harte: The Founder of the Overland Monthly; Leaves from Early California History: John A. Sutter and Sutter's Fort

Overland Publishing Company, San Francisco, CA

Original publisher's beige wrapper. No date, circa 1921. 7" x 10 1/2." Eighteen pages (Pages 255-272), complete. A few black and white reprinted photographs and illustrations, complete. Reprinted from the Overland Monthly. All pages are unopened. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Very minimal wear at the bottom edge. Bret Harte (1836-1902) was an American poet and short story writer best-known for depictions of people from the California Gold Rush. He was also the first editor of the Overland Monthly, a magazine published in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This pamphlet contains a biography of Harte by George Wharton James (1858-1923) and reprints of a few of his works, including his well-known poem, "Plain Language from Truthful James" ("The Heathen Chinee"). Harte had frequently defended Chinese immigrants and intended this poem to be satirical and a way to combat anti-Chinese sentiment at the time, but unfortunately, the poem had the opposite effect and reinforced negative stereotypes of the Chinese. Toward the back of the pamphlet is an article by A. J. Cloud about John Sutter, Sutter's Fort, and early other aspects of early California history.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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