Francis Bret Garth - a famous American writer, won recognition all over the world, was invariably popular in Russia. The second volume of the Works included stories and short stories - the genres most characteristic of Bret Garth. The setting is California. Time of action - the beginning of the "gold rush." The heroes are prospectors and bandits, noble player Jack Gemlin, familiar to readers from the novel "Gabriel Conroy," and the mysterious "shooter Harry," young savage Mliss and lovely in her unpredictable impulses Cressy... However, the denouements at Bret Garth are almost always unexpected.