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  • The Outcasts of Poker Flat

  • By: Bret Harte
  • Narrated by: Jack Benson
  • Length: 27 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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The Outcasts of Poker Flat

By: Bret Harte
Narrated by: Jack Benson
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Publisher's summary

A motley crew, banished from a Western town, find strength, and weakness, in each other.
©1981 Jimcin Recordings (P)1981 Jimcin Recordings
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Editorial reviews

Poker Flat, a small town in Northwestern California, is the setting for this much-loved and much-adapted short story by iconic western writer Bret Harte - or, the “Immortal Bilk”, as Mark Twain maligned him. Performed by Jack Benson with a masculine serenity befitting its hero, "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" gathers a group of misfits into a grand natural amphitheater upon their banishment from a town that has recently experienced a run of hard luck. Luck and fate become the themes of Harte’s tale, and a prototypical American type - the quiet, philosophical gambler - is born.

"The Outcasts of Poker Flat" has inspired no less than two operas and at least three films, including the classic spaghetti western, Four of the Apocalypse. Here is the original.

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