Overland Monthly
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| 1868 | The Overland Monthly. The California magazine originally edited by Bret Harte in San Francisco begins publication. Harte published in the magazine the stories and poems that made him famous, including "The Luck of Roaring Camp," which appeared in the second issue. When he left the magazine in 1871, it declined and ceased publication in 1875. Revived in 1883, it published writers such as Frank Norris and Jack London until its final demise in 1935. |
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Overland Monthly
Overland Monthly was a monthly magazine based in California, United States, and published in the 19th and 20th century.
The magazine's first issue was in July 1868, and continued until the late 1875. The original publishers, in 1880, started The Californian, which became The Californian and Overland Monthly in October 1882. In January 1883, the effort reverted to The Overland Monthly (starting again with Volume I, number 1). In 1923 the magazine merged with Out West to become Overland Monthly and the Out West magazine, and ended publication in July 1935.
Famous writers, editors, and artists included:
- Ambrose Bierce
- Alice Cary
- Willa Cather
- Frona Eunice Wait Colburn
- Bret Harte
- Ina Coolbrith
- Edgar Fawcett
- Henry George
- John Brayshaw Kaye
- Clarence King
- Jack London
- Josephine Clifford McCracken
- Joaquin Miller
- John Muir
- Hugo Wilhelm Arthur Nahl
- Stephen Powers - on California Native Americans.
- William Saroyan
- Clark Ashton Smith
- Charles Warren Stoddard
- Mark Twain
- Joseph Pomeroy Widney - contributed 8 articles.
Editors include:
- Milicent Shinn 1882-1894
External links
- Archive 1868–1900: University of Michigan
- More issues, into the 1900s: Archive.org
- Guide to the Overland Monthly Records at The Bancroft Library
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