In a story by this author, a grizzly bear named Joaquin accompanies the title character on errands for her paralyzed friend Jim. In another story by this author, a character attempts to tell the story of the Iliad, even though he mispronounces Achilles's name as "Ash-heels." In that story by this author, a character's epitaph is written on a deuce of clubs and pinned to a pine tree. In that story by him, Mother (*) Shipton starves herself to save food for Piney Woods. In a story by this author of "Miggles," a child known as "The Coyote" is christened as "Thomas" by Stumpy but cannot be rescued by Kentuck from drowning in a catastrophic flood. For 10 points, name this
In a story by this author, a grizzly bear named Joaquin accompanies the title character on errands for her paralyzed friend Jim. In another story by this author, a character attempts to tell the story of the Iliad, even though he mispronounces Achilles's name as "Ash-heels." In that story by this author, a character's epitaph is written on a deuce of clubs and pinned to a pine tree. In that story by him, Mother (*) Shipton starves herself to save food for Piney Woods. In a story by this author of "Miggles," a child known as "The Coyote" is christened as "Thomas" by Stumpy but cannot be rescued by Kentuck from drowning in a catastrophic flood. For 10 points, name this American short-story writer of "The Luck of Roaring Camp" and "The Outcasts of Poker Flat".
In a story by this author, a grizzly bear named Joaquin accompanies the title character on errands for her paralyzed friend Jim.
Bret Harte [or Francis Bret Harte]