Volume II of Ambrose Bierce's twelve-volume collected works, this volume contains tales of Soldiers, including "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," "A Horseman in the Sky," "Chickamauga," "A Son of the Gods," "One of the Missing," "Killed at Resaca," "The Affair at Coulter's Notch," "The Coup de Grace," "Parker Adderson, Philosopher," "An Affair of Outposts," "The Story of a Conscience," "One Kind of Officer," "One Officer, One Man," "George Thurston," "The Mocking-Bird" and tales of Civilians, including "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," "A Lady from Redhorse," and "The Eyes of the Panther."
Author Biography:
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842 - 1914) was an American editor, journalist, short story writer, fabulist and satirist. Despite his reputation as a searing critic, Bierce was known to encourage younger writers, including the poets George Sterling and Herman George Scheffauer and the fiction writer W. C. Morrow. Bierce employed a distinctive style of writing, especially in his stories. His style often embraces an abrupt beginning, dark imagery, vague references to time, limited descriptions, impossible events and the theme of war.
