"American journalist and satirist Ambrose Bierce is probably best known for his short stories about the American Civil War. The author's craft for story-telling is exemplified by his famous An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge, which is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to die by hanging upon the Owl Creek Bridge. That great short story along with 96 others forms this exhaustive edition of The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce." --Back cover
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"American journalist and satirist Ambrose Bierce is probably best known for his short stories about the American Civil War. The author's craft for story-telling is exemplified by his famous An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge, which is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to die by hanging upon the Owl Creek Bridge. That great short story along with 96 others forms this exhaustive edition of The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce." --Back cover
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I remember "An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge" from the old "Twilight Zone" series. It struck me as a most unusual story at the time, and I just assumed Rod Serling wrote all his material. In retrospect it would seem that he was heavily influenced by Bierce. None of the stories are more than a few pages long and would be fun reading while sitting in a doctors office or any other activity that required a short wait.
tucsonreader
Aug 27, 2009
Now I know Bierce a little TOO well.
I had only known Ambrose Bierce from The Devil's Dictionary, and thought it was time to get to know him better. I should have been content with what I knew. The Tall Tales are mostly clever if bizarre; something like Mark Twain meets Stephen King. The Civil War stories are, for the most part, beautifully descriptive but pointless with little structure. Maybe I'm just a lowbrow (maybe??!!) but I don't understand the praise his Civil War pieces have gotten over the years. I'm glad to have read them, but I won't be opening this book again any time soon.