num_pages: 304
description: Questing after Pancho Villas revolutionary forces Ambrose Bierce rode into Mexico in 1913 and was never seen again. He left behind him theDevils Dictionary and a remarkable body of short fiction. This new collection gathers some of Bierces finest stories including the celebrated Civil War fictions An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Chickamauga his macabre masterpieces The Damned Thing and Moxon's Master and his hilariously horrific Oil of Dog and My Favorite Murder.--back coverTABLE OF CONTENTSIntroductionSuggestions for Further ReadingA Note on the TextFrom In the Midst of LifeSoldiers:A Horseman in the SkyAn Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeChickamaugaA Son of the GodsOne of the MissingKilled at ResacaThe Affair at Coulters NotchThe Coup de GrceParker Adderson PhilosopherAn Affair of OutpostsThe Story of a ConscienceOne Kind of OfficerThe Mocking-BirdCivilians:The Man Out of the NoseThe Man and the SnakeThe Boarded WindowFrom Can Such Things Be?Can Such Things Be?:Moxons MasterA Tough TussleA Resumed IdentityThe Night-Doings at DeadmansThe Realm of the UnrealThe Damned ThingHata the ShepherdThe Ways of Ghosts:Present at a HangingA Wireless MessageSoldier Folk:Three and One Are OneFrom Negligible TalesNegligible Tales:A Bottomless GraveJupiter Doke Brigadier-GeneralThe City of the Gone AwayThe Majors TaleCurried CowA Revolt of the GodsThe Parenticide Club:My Favorite MurderOil of DogFrom AntepenultimataA Bivouac of the DeadFrom The OpinionatorThe Controversialist:The Short StoryExplanatory NotesGlossary of Military TermsBattle Sites and Battle Leaders
language: English
title: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians and Other Stories
publisher: Penguin Books