{"product_id":"the-devils-dictionary-ambrose-bierce-9780195126273","title":"The Devil's Dictionary","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eHistory\u003c\/strong\u003e, n. an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. \u003cstrong\u003eMarriage\u003c\/strong\u003e, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all two. \u003cstrong\u003eSelf-Esteem\u003c\/strong\u003e, n. An erroneous appraisement.\u003cbr\u003e These caustic aphorisms, collected in \u003cem\u003eThe Devil's Dictionary\u003c\/em\u003e, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco. First published as \u003cem\u003eThe Cynic's Word Book\u003c\/em\u003e (1906) and later reissued under its preferred name in 1911, Bierce's notorious collection of barbed definitions forcibly contradicts Samuel Johnson's earlier definition of a lexicographer as a harmless drudge. There was nothing harmless about Ambrose Bierce, and the words he shaped into verbal pitchforks a century ago--with or without the devil's help--can still draw blood today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ambrose Bierce\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195126270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195126273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Ambrose Bierce","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992876581119,"sku":"9780195126273","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_96e028c7-5454-4400-90c3-ce3aff5370b0.jpg?v=1683321299","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-devils-dictionary-ambrose-bierce-9780195126273","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}