The Luck of Roaring Camp
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The Luck of Roaring Camp is an 1868 short story by American writer Bret Harte that helped popularize Western frontier fiction through its depiction of a rough mining camp transformed by the arrival of a baby.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Luck of Roaring Camp canonical | 4 |
| The Luck of Roaring Camp (1911 film) | 1 |
| The Luck of Roaring Camp (1917 film) | 1 |
| The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2854554 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Luck of Roaring Camp Context triple: [Bret Harte, notableWork, The Luck of Roaring Camp]
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A.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
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B.
After the Gold Rush
After the Gold Rush is a 1970 folk-rock album by Neil Young, widely regarded as one of his most influential and critically acclaimed works.
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C.
The Adventures of Buffalo Bill
The Adventures of Buffalo Bill is a silent Western film centered on the legendary frontiersman Buffalo Bill, produced in the early 20th century during the formative years of American cinema.
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D.
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek is a 1944 American screwball comedy film directed by Preston Sturges, celebrated for its sharp satire and daring treatment of wartime morality and pregnancy.
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E.
Land of My Fathers
Land of My Fathers is the English title of the Welsh national anthem, a patriotic song celebrating the heritage and landscape of Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Luck of Roaring Camp Target entity description: The Luck of Roaring Camp is an 1868 short story by American writer Bret Harte that helped popularize Western frontier fiction through its depiction of a rough mining camp transformed by the arrival of a baby.
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A.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
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B.
After the Gold Rush
After the Gold Rush is a 1970 folk-rock album by Neil Young, widely regarded as one of his most influential and critically acclaimed works.
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C.
The Adventures of Buffalo Bill
The Adventures of Buffalo Bill is a silent Western film centered on the legendary frontiersman Buffalo Bill, produced in the early 20th century during the formative years of American cinema.
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D.
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek is a 1944 American screwball comedy film directed by Preston Sturges, celebrated for its sharp satire and daring treatment of wartime morality and pregnancy.
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E.
Land of My Fathers
Land of My Fathers is the English title of the Welsh national anthem, a patriotic song celebrating the heritage and landscape of Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western fiction
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Bret Harte ⓘ |
| centralEvent | birth of a baby to a woman in the camp ⓘ |
| containsCharacterType |
outcasts
ⓘ
prospectors ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts | miners in a rough frontier camp ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Overland Monthly ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
frontier fiction ⓘ realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Luck of Roaring Camp
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Luck of Roaring Camp (1911 film)
The Luck of Roaring Camp self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Luck of Roaring Camp (1917 film)
The Luck of Roaring Camp (1937 film) ⓘ |
| hasCollectionInclusion | various Bret Harte story collections ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | development of Western short stories ⓘ |
| helpedPopularize | Western frontier fiction ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Bret Harte
ⓘ
surface form:
Bret Harte's Western stories
|
| literaryMovement | local color ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early classic of American Western literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Kentuck
ⓘ
Stumpy ⓘ Thomas Luck ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
sentimental portrayal of rough Western miners softened by a child
ⓘ
use of dialect and local color details ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalMedium | magazine publication ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication | San Francisco ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A rough mining camp is transformed morally and socially by the birth and presence of a baby named Luck. ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1868 ⓘ |
| publisher | Overland Monthly ⓘ |
| setting | California mining camp ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | California Gold Rush ⓘ |
| symbol | the baby as a symbol of luck and moral renewal ⓘ |
| theme |
community transformation
ⓘ
frontier life ⓘ innocence and purity ⓘ masculinity and tenderness ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| tone |
ironic
ⓘ
sentimental ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Luck of Roaring Camp Description of subject: The Luck of Roaring Camp is an 1868 short story by American writer Bret Harte that helped popularize Western frontier fiction through its depiction of a rough mining camp transformed by the arrival of a baby.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Francis Bret Harte
subject surface form:
Bret Harte
this entity surface form:
The Luck of Roaring Camp (1911 film)
this entity surface form:
The Luck of Roaring Camp (1917 film)
this entity surface form:
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches