He related the conversation between two locomotives in a poem dedicated to the opening of the Pacific Railroad, "What the Engines Said," while the title character rants while dying about putting Jinny in the cart in his short story, "Tennessee's Partner.
This man wrote of a "heathen Chinee" named Ah Sin who cheats the narrator at euchre in a poem entitled "Plain Language from Truthful James." He related the conversation between two locomotives in a poem dedicated to the opening of the Pacific Railroad, "What the Engines Said," while the title character rants while dying about putting Jinny in the cart in his short story, "Tennessee's Partner." More famously, this author wrote of a child cared for by Stumpy and Kentuck after the death of Cherokee Sal, and a group of people including Mother Shipton and Piney Woods who perish before reaching the titular location. FTP, identify this author of such stories "The Luck of Roaring Camp," and "The Outcasts of Poker Flat."
This man wrote of a "heathen Chinee" named Ah Sin who cheats the narrator at euchre in a poem entitled "Plain Language from Truthful James."
Francis Bret {Harte}