Publisher's Synopsis
""A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's: Jeff Briggs's Love Story"" is a novel written by Bret Harte. The story follows the life of Jeff Briggs, a young man who is taken under the wing of the charismatic gambler, Jack Hamlin. Jeff falls in love with a beautiful young woman named Mamie Muldoon, but their relationship is complicated by Mamie's past and her association with a group of unsavory characters. As Jeff tries to win Mamie's heart, he must also navigate the dangerous world of gambling and crime that surrounds him. With its vivid descriptions of life in the American West during the late 19th century, ""A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's"" is a thrilling tale of love, loyalty, and adventure.1894. Illustrated. Bret Harte's witty, sometimes heart-rending tales of frontier California, earned him acclaim during the 1860s as the new prophet of American letters. His books, The Luck of Roaring Camp, The Outcasts of Poker Flat and M�������liss, helped establish the foundations of western American fiction. This selection of stories includes: A Protegee of Jack Hamlin�������s; An Ingenue of the Sierras; The Reformation of James Reddy; The Heir of the McHulishes; An Episode of West Woodlands; and The Home-Coming of Jim Wilkes. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
