5/9/2023 0 Comments The bohemians by ben tarnoff![]() ![]() ![]() Young and ambitious, Twain and Harte form the Bohemian core. The star of the moment is Bret Harte, a rising figure on the national scene and mentor to both Stoddard and Coolbrith. ![]() Twain and the Bohemians find inspiration in their surroundings: the dark ironies of frontier humor, the extravagant tales told around the campfires, and the youthful irreverence of the new world being formed in the west. The bards of the moment are the Bohemians: a young Mark Twain, fleeing the draft and seeking adventure literary golden boy Bret Harte struggling gay poet Charles Warren Stoddard and beautiful, haunted Ina Coolbrith, poet and protectorate of the group. The Gold Rush has ended the Civil War threatens to tear apart the country. The unforgettable story of the birth of modern America and the western writers who gave voice to its emerging identityThe Bohemians begins in 1860s San Francisco. ![]()
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