{"product_id":"9781412160476","title":"Cressy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I seed a black b'ar comin' outer Daves' woods,\" said Jimmy excitedly to the master of Indian Springs School in Tuolumne County, California. \"Nigh to me as you be, big as a hoss, and snarlin'! and snappin'! -- like gosh! Kem along ker-clump at me, and reckoned he'd skeer me! Didn't skeer me worth a cent. I heaved a rock at him -- I did now!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExciting as that report was, in the old schoolhouse with falling plaster and broken windows, there was other news of the day from another child, to cause a little stir: Cressy McKinstry was returning from Sacramento, and would be back sitting at her desk soon!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe young schoolmaster wondered at this news. Something he himself had said had prompted her haughty withdrawal from the school . . . and as attractive and bright as the girl was, age 16 the last time he saw her, he wondered if this boded well -- or ill -- for \u003ci\u003ehis\u003c\/i\u003e future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBret Harte (1836-1902) gained national fame during his lifetime for his novels of the colorful Far West of the Gold Rush days.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eBooksLib","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121864032496,"sku":"9781412160476","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781412160476_p0.jpg?v=1763725009","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781412160476","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}