| A Son of the Gods and Horseman in the Sky Contributor(s): Bierce, Ambrose (Author) |
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ISBN: 1447468198 ISBN-13: 9781447468196 Publisher: Baker Press OUR PRICE: $10.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Thrillers - Military |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.07" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.10 lbs) 28 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Brilliant and magnetic as are these two studies by Ambrose Bierce, and especially significant as coming from one who was a boy soldier in the Civil War, they merely reflect one side of his original and many-faceted genius. Poet, critic, satirist, fun-maker, incomparable writer of fables and masterly prose sketches, a seer of startling insight, a reasoner mercilessly logical, with the delicate wit and keenness of an Irving or an Addison, the dramatic quality of a Hugo, -all of these, and still in the prime of his powers; yet so restricted has been his output and so little exploited that only the judicious few have been impressed |