The Resource Ambrose Bierce : alone in bad company, Roy Morris, Jr
Ambrose Bierce : alone in bad company, Roy Morris, Jr
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- Summary
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- When 71-year-old Ambrose Bierce disappeared into revolution-torn Mexico in 1913, he probably had more enemies than any man alive. This was only fair; he had labored long and hard to make himself hateful, and in the end he succeeded all too well. The targets of his printed abuse ranged from the mightiest and most rapacious robber baron to the meekest and least offensive would-be poet, although Bierce reserved his sharpest barbs for "that immortal ass, the average man." Bierce himself was anything but average. As the only American writer of any stature to fight in and survive the Civil War, his groundbreaking short stories of that war, including his most famous work, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," have had a lasting influence on every subsequent American author dealing with war, from Stephen Crane and John Dos Passos to Ernest Hemingway and Norman Mailer
- Profoundly disillusioned by his wartime experiences, Bierce spent the next fifty years struggling to disillusion his fellow Americans of their own cherished ideals - be they romantic, religious, or political. Frequently criticized for the intensity of his personal invective, Bierce once advised his detractors to "continue selling shoes, selling pancakes, or selling themselves. As for me I sell abuse." In this perceptive, insightful biography, Roy Morris, Jr., accounts for both the influential art that Ambrose Bierce made from such a harsh and unforgiving vision - and the high price he had to pay for it in loneliness, rancor, and spiritual isolation
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 306 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- Direst of all disasters
- What I saw of Shiloh
- The woods of Chickamauga
- A brave and gallant fellow
- I respectfully decline the appointment
- The mentor, whip and mirror of the town
- A better country
- Prattle
- The Devil and the Wasp
- The friction that we name grief
- What a thing it is to be a ghost
- There be divers sorts of death
- Isbn
- 9780517596463
- Label
- Ambrose Bierce : alone in bad company
- Title
- Ambrose Bierce
- Title remainder
- alone in bad company
- Statement of responsibility
- Roy Morris, Jr
- Subject
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- Authors, American
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
- Authors, American | Biography | 19th century
- Bierce, Ambrose
- Bierce, Ambrose, (1842-1914) -- Biographie
- Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914
- Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?
- Biographies
- 1800-1899
- Biography
- Journalists
- Journalists -- United States -- Biography
- Journalists | Biography | United States
- United States
- Biographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- When 71-year-old Ambrose Bierce disappeared into revolution-torn Mexico in 1913, he probably had more enemies than any man alive. This was only fair; he had labored long and hard to make himself hateful, and in the end he succeeded all too well. The targets of his printed abuse ranged from the mightiest and most rapacious robber baron to the meekest and least offensive would-be poet, although Bierce reserved his sharpest barbs for "that immortal ass, the average man." Bierce himself was anything but average. As the only American writer of any stature to fight in and survive the Civil War, his groundbreaking short stories of that war, including his most famous work, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," have had a lasting influence on every subsequent American author dealing with war, from Stephen Crane and John Dos Passos to Ernest Hemingway and Norman Mailer
- Profoundly disillusioned by his wartime experiences, Bierce spent the next fifty years struggling to disillusion his fellow Americans of their own cherished ideals - be they romantic, religious, or political. Frequently criticized for the intensity of his personal invective, Bierce once advised his detractors to "continue selling shoes, selling pancakes, or selling themselves. As for me I sell abuse." In this perceptive, insightful biography, Roy Morris, Jr., accounts for both the influential art that Ambrose Bierce made from such a harsh and unforgiving vision - and the high price he had to pay for it in loneliness, rancor, and spiritual isolation
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Morris, Roy
- Dewey number
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- 813/.4
- B
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS1097.Z5
- LC item number
- M67 1995
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bierce, Ambrose
- Bierce, Ambrose
- Bierce, Ambrose
- Authors, American
- Journalists
- Authors, American
- Journalists
- United States
- Label
- Ambrose Bierce : alone in bad company, Roy Morris, Jr
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-298) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Direst of all disasters -- What I saw of Shiloh -- The woods of Chickamauga -- A brave and gallant fellow -- I respectfully decline the appointment -- The mentor, whip and mirror of the town -- A better country -- Prattle -- The Devil and the Wasp -- The friction that we name grief -- What a thing it is to be a ghost -- There be divers sorts of death
- Control code
- ocm32698310
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9780517596463
- Lccn
- 95030281
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o32698310
- (OCoLC)32698310
- Label
- Ambrose Bierce : alone in bad company, Roy Morris, Jr
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-298) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Direst of all disasters -- What I saw of Shiloh -- The woods of Chickamauga -- A brave and gallant fellow -- I respectfully decline the appointment -- The mentor, whip and mirror of the town -- A better country -- Prattle -- The Devil and the Wasp -- The friction that we name grief -- What a thing it is to be a ghost -- There be divers sorts of death
- Control code
- ocm32698310
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9780517596463
- Lccn
- 95030281
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o32698310
- (OCoLC)32698310
Subject
- Authors, American
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
- Authors, American | Biography | 19th century
- Bierce, Ambrose
- Bierce, Ambrose, (1842-1914) -- Biographie
- Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914
- Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?
- Biographies
- 1800-1899
- Biography
- Journalists
- Journalists -- United States -- Biography
- Journalists | Biography | United States
- United States
- Biographies
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