FTP, identify this short story featured in the Overland Monthly in 1868, one of Bret Harte's most famous works.
The locale of this story and its "flush times" become news in Red Dog after the pony expressman leaves. Many of the tough residents attribute the changes that occur at the site to the arrival of the title character, whose 'rasslin' tendencies impress Kentuck, and make Man O'War Jack start singing lullabies. Stumpy eventually names him and raises the boy on Ass's milk, but it is John Oakhurst who first gives the boy his nickname for surviving the birth that kills his mom, Cherokee Sal. FTP, identify this short story featured in the Overland Monthly in 1868, one of Bret Harte's most famous works.
The locale of this story and its "flush times" become news in Red Dog after the pony expressman leaves.
The Luck of Roaring Camp