Maruja (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Bret Harte blazed new trails in fiction with his witty, heart-rending stories of California and the frontier. These yarns collected in 1896 include “Snow-Bound at Eagle’s,” “A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready,” “A Drift from Redwood Camp,” “Captain Jim’s Friend,” “The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh,” and “A Knight-Errant of the Foothills.”