Westport, Paperback - James Bierce

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The town of Westport has long been tied to the sea. Its abundant rivers provided waterpower for cotton and iron manufacturing, and its protected ha...

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Reducere. Before he trailed off into the wilds of Mexico, never to be heard from again, Ambrose Bierce achieved a public persona as "bitter Bierce" and "the ...

American journalist and satirist Ambrose Bierce is probably best known for his short stories about the American Civil War. The author's craft for s...

Reducere. DescriptionBierce was considered a master of pure English by his contemporaries, and virtually everything that came from his pen was notable for it...

Reducere. Herein are contained the sardonic definitions published by Ambrose Bierce as The Cynic's Word Book in 1906; augmented, edited and republished by th...

Publisher: Boutique of Quality BooksAuthor(s): Drew BridgesNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 14Cover type: Paperbac...

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WINNER OF THE 2014 IRISH BOOK LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDO Westport in the Light of Asia Minor was first published in a tiny edition in Dublin in 19...

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DescriptionAmbrose Bierce, journalist and former soldier for the Union army in the Civil War, began writing satirical definitions for the San Franc...

In Tales of Soldiers and Civilians and Other Stories, humor and horror paint a bleak picture of war, marked by violence, isolation and looming madn...

DescriptionThe Battle of Westport, Missouri (today, part of Kansas City) was the largest Civil War battle west of the Mississippi. Troops from as f...

Reducere. Newspaperman, short-story writer, poet, and satirist, Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) is one of the most striking and unusual literary figures America h...

Reducere. In The Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce defined "war" as "a by-product of the arts of peace." A Civil War veteran, Bierce had absolutely no illusi...

Reducere. Journalist, short story writer, a poet, and critic Ambrose Bierce has been called one of America's greatest wits and an uncompromising satirist. He...

One of the most popular satirical works of world literature, The Devil's Dictionary - here enriched with over 800 definitions left out from the ori...

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Reducere. Bierce was considered a master of pure English by his contemporaries, and virtually everything that came from his pen was notable for its judicious...

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Reducere. Ambrose Bierce's "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is a short story that is indispensable in any anthology of short stories. Located in the historic...

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Ambrose Bierce's satirical flair is most prevalent in his tall tales and similar sketches, where all manner of human foibles are lampooned: the exc...

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Presents a selection from the author's correspondence with presidents and prime ministers, painters, actresses and bishops, and the writers Robert ...

James Robinson Graves (1820-1893) is known for firmly believing that Baptists of his day needed clearly distinct markers in order to preserve a mea...

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Jenny Valentine won the prize. Keeping it won't be easy.She's filthy rich, she's dating the head cheerleader, she's blackmailing the star athlete, ...

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