Bierce, Ambrose
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Civil War Short Stories
$14.95 Add to cartIn The Devil’s Dictionary Ambrose Bierce defined “war” as “a by-product of the arts of peace.” A Civil War veteran, Bierce had absolutely no illusions about “courage,” “honor,” and “glory” on the batt… [more below]
- Author: Bierce, Ambrose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 139
- Publish Date: January 01 1988
- ISBN10: 0803260873
- Language: English
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Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce
$15.99 Read moreAmbrose Bierce was one of the strangest phenomena of American letters. The adjectives used to describe his writing — and character — tend to have a rather uncomplimentary ring: “venomous,” “vindicti… [more below]
- Author: Bierce, Ambrose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 01 1964
- ISBN10: 0486207676
- Language: English
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The Devil’s Dictionary
$21.99 Add to cartHistory, n. an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Marriage, n. The state or condition of a community consis… [more below]
- Author: Bierce, Ambrose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 07 1999
- ISBN10: 0195126270
- Language: English
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The Devil’s Dictionary
$9.00 Add to cartBorn in Ohio in 1842, journalist, short-story writer and critic Ambrose Bierce developed into one of this country’s most celebrated and cynical wits — a merciless “American Swift” whose literary barb… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Bierce, Ambrose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 20 1993
- ISBN10: 0486275426
- Language: English
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The Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary
$28.95 Add to cartIf we could only put aside our civil pose and say what we really thought, the world would be a lot like the one alluded to in The Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary. There, a bore is “a person who talks wh
- Author: Bierce, Ambrose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: January 03 2002
- ISBN10: 0820324019
- Language: English
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Civil War Stories
$8.00 Read moreNewspaperman, 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
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Bierce, Ambrose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 13 1994
- ISBN10: 0486280381
- Language: English
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce
$29.95 Add to cartBefore he trailed off into the wilds of Mexico, never to be heard from again, Ambrose Bierce achieved a public persona as “bitter Bierce” and “the devil’s lexicographer.” He left behind a nasty reputa… [more below]
- Author: Bierce, Ambrose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: December 01 1984
- ISBN10: 0803260717
- Language: English
