Tales of Soldiers and Civilians: And Other Stories (Penguin Classics)
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Witty, irreverent tales of war and the supernatural from the maverick misanthrope of American literature.
Questing after Pancho Villa's revolutionary forces, Ambose Bierce rode into Mexico in 1913 and completely vanished off the face of the earth. Though his ultimate fate remains a mystery to this day, Bierce's contribution to American letters rests firmly on the basis of his incomparable Devil's Dictionary and a remarkable body of short fiction. This new collection gathers some three dozen of Bierce's finest stories, including the celebrated Civil War fictions "An Occurrence at Owl Creek" and "Chickamauga," his macabre masterpieces "The Damned Thing" and "Moxon's Master," and his hilariously horrific "Oil of Dog" and "My Favorite Murder."
Tom Quirk, the volume's editor, provides a fascinating introductory essay, as well as indispensable explanatory notes, a glossary of military terms, and a catalog of Civil War battle sites and leaders.
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Tom Quirk
About the Author
Born in Ohio, Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842-1914?) served in the Union Army during the Civil War, after which he settled in San Francisco, where he gained fame as a fiction writer and newspaperman.
Tom Quirk, a professor of English at the University of Missouri, edited the Penguin Classics edition of Twain's Tales, Speeches, Essays and Sketches and co-edited The Portable American Realism Reader. He lives in Columbia, Missouri.
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