Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life vs The writings of Bret Harte: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns

Cover of Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life

Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life Stewart Edward White · 1904 ★★★★☆ 3.6 260 pages · ≈ 4 h 49 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The writings of Bret Harte

The writings of Bret Harte Bret Harte · 1874 ★★★★☆ 3.7 20 pages · ≈ 22 min · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.6 vs 3.7 — either is a safe pick by score.
The writings of Bret Harte is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 4 for Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life.

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