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In the midst of life : tales of soldiers and civilians

Title
In the midst of life : tales of soldiers and civilians / by Ambrose Bierce ; introduction by George Sterling.
Author
Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?
Publication
  • New York : The Modern Library, [1927]
  • ©1927

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Additional Authors
  • Sterling, George, 1869-1926
  • Modern Library (Firm), publisher.
  • H. Wolff, Inc., printer.
Description
xvi, 403 pages; 17 cm
Series Statement
The modern library of the world's best books
Uniform Title
Modern library of the world's best books.
Subject
  • 1800-1899
  • Short stories, American > 19th century
  • Manners and customs > Fiction
  • Soldiers > United States > Fiction
  • Nouvelles américaines > 19e siècle
  • Mœurs et coutumes > Romans, nouvelles, etc
  • Manners and customs
  • Short stories, American
  • American fiction > 20th century
  • United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction
  • États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Romans, nouvelles, etc
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Fictional Work
  • short stories.
  • Short stories
  • Fiction
  • History
  • Short stories.
  • Fiction.
  • Nouvelles.
  • Romans.
Note
  • Published in 1891, under title: Tales of soldiers and civilians.
  • "First Modern library edition."
Contents
Soldiers. A horseman in the sky -- An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge -- Chickamauga -- A son of the gods : a study in the present tense -- One of the missing -- Killed at Resaca -- The affair at Coulter's Notch -- The coup de grâce -- Parker Adderson, philosopher -- An affair of outposts -- The story of a conscience -- One kind of officer -- One officer, one man -- George Thurston : three incidents in the life of a man -- The mocking-bird -- Civilians. The man out of the nose -- An adventure at Brownville -- The famous Gilson bequest -- The applicant -- A watcher by the dead -- The man and the snake -- A holy terror -- The suitable surroundings -- The boarded window -- The lady from Redhorse -- The eyes of the panther.
LCCN
27019196
OCLC
  • ocm01216524
  • 1216524
  • SCSB-185681
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library