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In the Carquinez Woods
Bret Harte · 1883 · Adventure, Drama & Literary
A fugitive woman finds shelter in Northern California's redwood country, where the hidden paths of the Carquinez Woods test loyalty, freedom and the reach of frontier justice.
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This edition
- Title
- In the Carquinez Woods
- Author
- Bret Harte (1836–1902)
- First published
- 1883
- Illustrated plates
- 49 original artworks · 20 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 10 · about 37,605 words
- Reading time
- 2 h 30 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- August 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #2310
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