An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and other stories /
Ambrose Bierce
- iv, 172 pages ; 21 cm.
- Dover Thrift editions .
"This Dover edition, first published in 2008, is a new anthology of twenty-three stories reprinted from standard texts. A new introductory note has been specially prepared for this edition"--T.p. verso.
Horseman in the sky -- Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge -- Chickamauga -- One of the missing -- Killed at Resaca -- One kind of officer -- Major's tale -- Story of a conscience -- Affair of outposts -- Watcher by the dead -- Man and the snake -- Holy terror -- Middle toe of the right foot -- Damned thing -- Death of Halpin Frayser -- Moonlit road -- Stranger -- Eyes of the panther -- Beyond the wall -- Imperfect conflagration -- Oil of dog -- My favorite murder -- Hypnotist.
Twenty-three stories by Ambrose Bierce, consisting of nine Civil War stories, ten horror stories, and four tall tales.
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Death--Fiction.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction