{"product_id":"ambrose-bierce-ambrose-bierce-9781598531022","title":"Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, \u0026 Memoirs (Loa #219): In the Midst of Life (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians) \/ Can Such Things Be? \/ Th","description":"A veteran of some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, Ambrose Bierce went on to become one of the darkest and most death haunted of American writers, the blackest of black humorists. This volume gathers the most celebrated and significant of Bierce's writings. \u003ci\u003eIn the Midst of Life (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians)\u003c\/i\u003e, his collection of short fiction about the Civil War, which includes the masterpieces \"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge\" and \"Chickamauga,\" is suffused with a fiercely ironic sense of the horror and randomness of war. \u003ci\u003eCan Such Things Be?\u003c\/i\u003e brings together \"The Death of Halpin Frayser,\" \"The Damned Thing,\" \"The Moonlit Road,\" and other tales of terror that make Bierce the genre's most significant American practitioner between Poe and Lovecraft. \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e, the brilliant lexicon of subversively cynical definitions on which Bierce worked for decades, displays to the full his corrosive wit. In \u003ci\u003eBits of Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e, the series of memoirs that includes the memorable \"What I Saw of Shiloh,\" he recreates his experiences in the war and its aftermath. The volume is rounded out with a selection of his best uncollected stories. Acclaimed Bierce scholar S. T. Joshi provides detailed notes and a newly researched chronology of Bierce's life and mysterious disappearance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIBRARY OF AMERICA\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ambrose Bierce\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1598531026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781598531022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Library of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.21h x 5.13w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/30\/2011 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/10\/2012 pg. 52","brand":"Ambrose Bierce","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076280479999,"sku":"9781598531022","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fcef48d9-e183-4742-b8b5-ddfd985cc367.jpg?v=1685464129","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ambrose-bierce-ambrose-bierce-9781598531022","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}