Overland Monthly

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Overland Monthly was a 19th-century San Francisco-based literary magazine known for publishing Western American literature and helping launch the career of writers like Bret Harte.

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Overland Monthly canonical 10
Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary magazine
periodical
associatedWith California Gold Rush legacy
San Francisco literary scene
basedIn San Francisco
circulationArea United States of America
surface form: United States
cityOfPublication San Francisco
countryOfPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
editorialFocus history
literature
social commentary
focusesOn American West
California, United States
surface form: California
genre Western American literature
essays
literary fiction
poetry
hasAlternativeTitle Overland Monthly
surface form: Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine
hasFormat illustrated magazine
hasISSN 0030-6428
hasSubject Pacific Coast culture
frontier life
mining camps
regional literature
travel writing
hasTitle Overland Monthly self-link
helpedLaunchCareerOf Bret Harte
inception 1868
languageOfWorkOrName English
literaryMovement local color writing
regionalism
mediaType print
notableContributor Bret Harte
notableEditor Bret Harte
notableFor early publication of Bret Harte’s stories
promoting California writers
publishing Western American literature
publicationFrequency monthly
publicationPeriod 19th century
publisherLocation California, United States
surface form: California
regionOfFocus western United States
surface form: Western United States
successor Out West Magazine
targetAudience general reading public
readers interested in the American West
timePeriodCovered 19th-century American West

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Bret Harte employer Overland Monthly
Francis employer Overland Monthly
subject surface form: Francis Bret Harte
Harte employer Overland Monthly
subject surface form: Bret Harte
Harte contributedTo Overland Monthly
subject surface form: Bret Harte
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Overland Monthly hasTitle Overland Monthly self-link
Overland Monthly hasAlternativeTitle Overland Monthly
this entity surface form: Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine
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