Overland Monthly

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Overland Monthly

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Literary and scientific magazines
…in the Far West was Overland Monthly (San Francisco, 1868–1935), first edited by Bret Harte. Non-literary specialized magazines included Scientific American, which was founded in 1845 by Rufus Porter, a talented inventor whose magazine encouraged other inventors; Popular Science Monthly, which was founded in 1872, to spread scientific knowledge and…
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…in the Far West was Overland Monthly (San Francisco, 1868–1935), first edited by Bret Harte. Non-literary specialized magazines included Scientific American, which was founded in 1845 by Rufus Porter, a talented inventor whose magazine encouraged other inventors; Popular Science Monthly, which was founded in 1872, to spread scientific knowledge and…
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Bret Harte
…was named editor of the Overland Monthly. For it he wrote “The Luck of Roaring Camp” and “The Outcasts of Poker Flat.” Following The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches (1870), he found himself world famous. His fame only grew with the poem “Plain Language from Truthful James” (1870),…
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…was named editor of the Overland Monthly. For it he wrote “The Luck of Roaring Camp” and “The Outcasts of Poker Flat.” Following The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches (1870), he found himself world famous. His fame only grew with the poem “Plain Language from Truthful James” (1870),…
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