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An edition of Tales of Soldiers & Civilians [28 stories] (1943)
By Ambrose Bierce
Publish Date
1971
Publisher
Heritage Press
Language
eng
Pages
222
Description:
28 stories: A horseman in the sky -- [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14863196W/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge) A son of the Gods -- One of the missing -- Killed at Resaca -- A tough tussle -- The affair at Coulter's Notch -- George Thurston -- The Coup de Gŕce -- One officer, one man -- A resumed identity -- Parker Adderson, philosopher -- [The Damned Thing](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20084265W/The_Damned_Thing) The man and the snake -- Moxon's master -- A psychological shipwreck -- The secret of Macarger's Gulch -- The moonlight road -- Beyond the wall -- A jug of syrup -- [A Watcher by the Dead](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20084267W/A_Watcher_by_the_Dead) The night-doings at "Deadman's" -- A vine on a house -- The famous Gilson Bequest -- John Bartine's watch -- The boarded window -- The stranger -- The middle toe of the right foot.
subjects: History, Fiction, United States Civil War, Classic Literature, Short Stories, hanging, Confederacy, Union, literature, American literature, Manners and customs, American Short stories, Paranormal fiction, American War stories, Soldiers
People: Peyton Farquhar, Dr. Helberson, Dr. Mancher
Places: United States, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, San Francisco
Times: 19th century, 1861-1865