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Civil War Stories
Contributor(s): Bierce, Ambrose (Author)
ISBN: 0486280381     ISBN-13: 9780486280387
Publisher: Dover Publications
OUR PRICE:   $4.50  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 1994
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Annotation: Sixteen dark and vivid selections by great satirist and short-story writer. "A Horseman in the Sky," "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," "Chickamauga," "A Son of the Gods," "What I Saw of Shiloh," "Four Days in Dixie" and 10 more. Masterly tales offer excellent examples of Bierce's dark pessimism and storytelling power. Note.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Short Stories (single Author)
- Fiction | War & Military
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 93046121
Series: Dover Thrift Editions
Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5.22" W x 8.38" (0.23 lbs) 128 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Topical - Civil War
 
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Publisher Description:

Newspaperman, short-story writer, poet, and satirist, Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) is one of the most striking and unusual literary figures America has produced. Dubbed Bitter Bierce for his vitriolic wit and biting satire, his fame rests largely on a celebrated compilation of barbed epigrams, The Devil's Dictionary, and a book of short stories (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, 1891). Most of the 16 selections in this volume have been taken from the latter collection.
The stories in this edition include: What I Saw at Shiloh, A Son of the Gods, Four Days in Dixie, One of the Missing, A Horseman in the Sky, The Coup de Grace, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, The Story of Conscience, One Kind of Officer, Chickamauga, and five more.
Bierce's stories employ a buildup of suggestive realistic detail to produce grim and vivid tales often disturbing in their mood of fatalism and impending calamity. Hauntingly suggestive, they offer excellent examples of the author's dark pessimism and storytelling power.