On the Frontier vs The story of California: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Westerns, Social life and customs, Fiction

Cover of On the Frontier

On the Frontier Bret Harte · 1884 132 pages · ≈ 2 h 27 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The story of California

The story of California Stewart Edward White · 1927 ★★★★☆ 3.8 437 pages · ≈ 8 h 06 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

On the Frontier is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 8 for The story of California.

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