Ambrose Bierce, Author at The Imaginative Conservative

About Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842 – c. 1914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book "The Devil's Dictionary" was named one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. His story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" has been described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature", and his book "Tales of Soldiers and Civilians" (also published as "In the Midst of Life") was named by the Grolier Club one of the 100 most influential American books printed before 1900.

“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”

By Ambrose Bierce|2024-11-16T16:02:35-06:00November 16th, 2024|Categories: Civil War, Literature|

A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The man's hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. A rope closely encircled his neck. It was attached to a stout cross-timber above his head and the slack fell to the level [...]