Ambrose bierce biography book

Ambrose Bierce: A Biography.

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran.

Little, Brown; ; 1st Edition; Hardcover; Good with no dust jacket; Pages; Personal library dedication on inside front cover board.

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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio, United States in He was the tenth of thirteen children, and left home aged fifteen to become a.

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Ambrose Bierce

American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – c. 1914^[3]) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran.

His book The Devil's Dictionary was named one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration.^[4] His story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" has been described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature",^[5] and his book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (also published as In the Midst of Life) was named by the Grolier Club one of the 100 most influential American books printed before 1900.^[6]

A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States^[7]^[8] and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction.^[9]