The Luck Of Roaring Camp And Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish And American Legends, And Earlier Papers

"The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales" is a collection of short stories by Bret Harte, including the titular story that helped propel Harte to international fame. 'The Luck of Roaring Camp,' tells the story of a gold prospecting camp in 19th-century California where a baby boy is born to a dying woman named Cherokee Sal. The miners, who believe the child to be a good luck charm, decide to raise him themselves and change their behavior, hoping to create a better life for the child. The s...