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Civil War Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
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by Ambrose Bierce
Sales Rank: 50814
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Discount: 69 %
$3.49
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on 4-19-2008.
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 128 pages
Published by: Dover Publications August 1, 1994
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0486280381
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0486280387
Book Dimensions:
8 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
Weighs: 3.5 ounces
Book Description
Sixteen dark and vivid selections by great satirist and short-story writer. "A Horseman in the Sky," "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," "Chickamauga," "A Son of the Gods," "What I Saw of Shiloh," "Four Days in Dixie" and ten more. Masterly tales offer great examples of Bierce's dark pessimism and storytelling power. Note.
Reader Reviews
You would never think of these stories as having been written in the 19th century, but they were. Ambrose Bierce was a Civil War veteran who seems almost to have tried to exorcise the horrors of the war he lived by writing about it. The result is gripping and utterly believable; the style is immediate, you-are-there, not-one-word-too-many. Not the flowery elaborate style you might have associated with Victorian prose. The results convey the horrors of war as well as anything written in your lifetime. The story about the little boy who gets lost near his home when it is surrounded by a battle...I don't think I'll ever forget it. I won't spoil if for you but you've got to read it. If you think that 130+-year-old stories have nothing to say to you, give these a try, you will see otherwise. Not to mention the Dover version is NOT EVEN TWO DOLLARS at the time of this writing. You spent more than the price of this book on your coffee this morning, I'll bet. What have you got to lose? Add it to a Supersaver order, there won't even be a shipping charge. Best pocket change you will ever have spent on a book.
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