Biografie

25. August 1836 · Albany, New York, USA

5. Mai 1902 · Camberley, Surrey, England, Vereinigtes Königreich (Kehlkopfkrebs)

Francis Brett Harte

Pictured on a $5 US definitive postage stamp in the Great Americans series, issued 25 August 1987.

Portrayed by John Carradine in Mark Twains Abenteuer (1944) and Alan Edwards in Salome, Where She Danced (1945).

Quintessential American poet and author of short stories about the Old West. Arrived in California via Nicaragua in 1854. Worked as a typesetter in San Francisco, contributed stories to the Californian (1864-66) and then became editor of Overland Monthly (1868-70). He also worked in the gold mines and became famous for his tales about Californian mining camps, achieving international renown with "The Outcasts of Poker Flat".