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Parker Adderson, Philosopher

Ambrose Bierce

First published 1891
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A Union spy is caught behind Confederate lines. In a conversation with the General who sentences him to death, he utters magnificently stoic ideas about death.

First published in the San Francisco Examiner as "James Adderson, Philosopher and Wit," February 22, 1891.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1891 Cover Tales of Soldiers and Civilians E. L. G. Steele Collection 151
1892 In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians Chatto & Windus Collection 131
1898 In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians G. P. Putnam's Sons Collection 147
1909 Cover In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians The Neale Publishing Company Collection 133
1910 In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians Chatto & Windus Collection 131
1918 In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians Boni & Liveright Collection 133
1918 In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians Boni & Liveright Collection 133
1930 In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians Chatto & Windus Collection 131
1941 In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians Chatto & Windus Collection 131
1943 Cover Tales of Soldiers and Civilians Heritage Press Collection 89
1963 Cover Mein Lieblingsmord Insel Collection
January 1965 Cover Die Geschichte eines Gewissens Fischer Bücherei Collection 61
1970 Cover The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce Doubleday Collection 335
1971 Cover Tales of Soldiers and Civilians The Easton Press Collection 89
November 1971 Cover The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: The World of War and the World of Tall Tales Ballantine Books Collection 95
1974 Cover Un călăreț prin cer și alte povestiri Cartea Românească Collection
June 1974 Cover Racconti neri Garzanti Collection 75
1984 Cover The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce University of Nebraska Press Collection 335
1984 The Best of Ambrose Bierce Castle / Book Sales Omnibus 59
1988 Cover The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce Picador / Pan Books Omnibus 59
1994 Cover Civil War Stories Dover Publications Collection 83
1996 Cover Pyhä kauhu: Kuusi kertomusta Karisto Collection 69
March 2012 Cover Civil War Stories Dover Publications Collection
March 2012 Cover Civil War Stories Dover Publications Collection
July 2012 Cover Ambrose Bierce: Masters of the Weird Tale Centipede Press Collection