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Cover of The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: The World of War and the World of Tall Tales

The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: The World of War and the World of Tall Tales

Ambrose Bierce

First published 1971
Publisher Ballantine Books
Format Paperback
Type Collection
Cover art John Holmes
Pages xix+298
Price $0.95
ISBN 0345024494

John Holmes cover credit from online booksellers; "Cover art by John Holmes" on copyright page of Archive.org copy. "First Printing: November, 1971" on copyright page of Archive.org copy.

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Foreword Part I (The World of War) Ernest Jerome Hopkins Essay
7 One of the Missing Ambrose Bierce Short Story
19 A Baffled Ambuscade Ambrose Bierce Short Story
22 The Affair at Coulter's Notch Ambrose Bierce Short Story
31 A Son of the Gods Ambrose Bierce Short Story
39 One Kind of Officer Ambrose Bierce Short Story
50 A Tough Tussle Ambrose Bierce Short Story
58 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce Short Story
68 Chickamauga Ambrose Bierce Short Story
75 The Coup de Grâce Ambrose Bierce Short Story
81 One Officer, One Man Ambrose Bierce Short Story
88 The Story of a Conscience Ambrose Bierce Short Story
95 Parker Adderson, Philosopher Ambrose Bierce Short Story
103 An Affair of Outposts Ambrose Bierce Short Story
114 Jupiter Doke, Brigadier-General Ambrose Bierce Short Story
124 A Horseman in the Sky Ambrose Bierce Short Story
131 The Mocking-Bird Ambrose Bierce Short Story
138 George Thurston Ambrose Bierce Short Story
143 Killed at Resaca Ambrose Bierce Short Story
150 Three and One Are One Ambrose Bierce Short Story
153 Two Military Executions Ambrose Bierce Short Story
156 The Major's Tale Ambrose Bierce Short Story
163 A Resumed Identity Ambrose Bierce Short Story
170 A Man with Two Lives Ambrose Bierce Short Story
172 The Other Lodgers Ambrose Bierce Short Story
175 A Bivouac of the Dead Ambrose Bierce Essay
181 Foreword Part II (The World Of Tall Tales) Ernest Jerome Hopkins Essay
183 An Imperfect Conflagration Ambrose Bierce Short Story
186 A Bottomless Grave Ambrose Bierce Short Story
194 The City of the Gone Away Ambrose Bierce Short Story
200 Curried Cow Ambrose Bierce Short Story
207 A Revolt of the Gods Ambrose Bierce Short Story
211 Oil of Dog Ambrose Bierce Short Story
215 The Widower Turmore Ambrose Bierce Short Story
221 The Baptism of Dobsho Ambrose Bierce Short Story
226 The Race at Left Bower Ambrose Bierce Short Story
229 The Failure of Hope & Wandel Ambrose Bierce Short Story
231 A Providential Intimation Ambrose Bierce Short Story
237 Mr. Swiddler's Flip-Flap Ambrose Bierce Short Story
241 The Little Story Ambrose Bierce Short Story
244 My Favorite Murder Ambrose Bierce Short Story
253 The Hypnotist Ambrose Bierce Short Story
257 Mr. Masthead, Journalist Ambrose Bierce Short Story
262 Why I Am Not Editing "The Stinger" Ambrose Bierce Short Story
266 Corrupting the Press Ambrose Bierce Short Story
270 "The Bubble Reputation" Ambrose Bierce Short Story
273 A Shipwreckollection Ambrose Bierce Short Story
277 The Captain of the "Camel" Ambrose Bierce Short Story
285 The Man Overboard Ambrose Bierce Short Story
295 A Cargo of Cat Ambrose Bierce Short Story
vii Introduction: Ambrose Bierce, Nonconformist Ernest Jerome Hopkins Essay