Civil War Stories

by Ambrose Bierce

Overview

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.

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 ealamity. Hauntingly suggestive, they offer excellent examples of the author's dark pessimism and storytelling power.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781420963014
Publisher:	Digireads.com
Publication date:	08/22/2019
Pages:	110
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.26(d)

About the Author

Journalist, short story writer, and satirist Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was equally adept in a variety of genres, from ghost stories to poetry to political commentary. Bierce's fiction is particularly distinguished by its realistic depictions of the author's Civil War experiences.

Table of Contents

	What I Saw of Shiloh	1
	Four Days in Dixie	19
	A Horseman in the Sky	27
	An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge	33
	Chickamauga	41
	A Son of the Gods	47
	One of the Missing	53
	Killed at Resaca	63
	The Affair at Coulter's Notch	69
	The Coup de Grace	77
	Parker Adderson, Philosopher	83
	An Affair of Outposts	89
	The Story of a Conscience	99
	One Kind of Officer	105
	George Thurston	115
	The Mocking-bird	119