bierce, ambrose

Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

In this graphic version of the story by Ambrose Bierce, Joel Jr. arrives home to find that his mother has been strangled; what follows is told from the perspective of Joel Jr., his father, and his mother's ghost.

Presents twenty-six short stories, set in the Civil War, by nineteenth-century American author Ambrose Bierce, and also includes Bierce's memoirs of the war and chronicles of major battles.

A fictional account of what happened to American journalist Ambrose Bierce when he disappeared in Mexico during the civil war there.

Presents twenty-six short stories, set in the Civil War, by nineteenth-century American author Ambrose Bierce, and also includes Bierce's memoirs of the war and chronicles of major battles.