LEADER 03675oam 2200697 a 450 001 9910974021403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9798400609718 010 $a9786610708703 010 $a9781280708701 010 $a1280708700 010 $a9780313016608 010 $a0313016607 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400609718 035 $a(CKB)1000000000000518 035 $a(OCoLC)55664201 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10017895 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000276796 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11237835 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000276796 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10233732 035 $a(PQKB)11540759 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3000567 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10017895 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL70870 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3000567 035 $a(OCoLC)44516783 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400609718BC 035 $a(BIP)111404334 035 $a(BIP)6515241 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000000518 100 $a20000626e20012024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 13$aAn Ambrose Bierce companion /$fRobert L. Gale 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cGreenwood Press,$d2001. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (352 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780313311307 311 08$a0313311307 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [311]-313) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chronology -- Abbreviations -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y-Z -- General Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aAmbrose Bierce was born in 1842 and mysteriously disappeared in 1914. During his lifetime, he was a controversial and prolific writer, and there is growing interest in his works. As a Union soldier during the Civil War, he witnessed bloodshed and the atrocities of battle. After the war, he began a career as a journalist in San Francisco, where many of his newspaper columns were filled with venom and daring. In addition, he wrote war stories and tales of the supernatural, along with an assortment of poems. Today, he is probably best remembered as the author of The Devil's Dictionary, originally published as The Cynic's Dictionary in 1906. This reference is a guide to his life and writings.An opening essay overviews Bierce's contribution to literature and journalism, and a chronology summarizes the most important events in his life. The bulk of the Companion comprises alphabetically arranged entries on Bierce's major works and characters and on historical persons and writers who figured prominently in his life and career. Thus the volume provides coverage of Bierce's contemporaries, many of whom he satirized in his scathing newspaper columns. Many of the entries list works for further reading, and the book closes with a selected, general bibliography. Because of Bierce's concern with so many issues of his day, the volume offers a valuable perspective on American culture during the time in which he lived. 606 $aAuthors, American$y19th century$xBiography$vEncyclopedias 606 $aJournalists$zUnited States$xBiography$vEncyclopedias 615 0$aAuthors, American$xBiography 615 0$aJournalists$xBiography 676 $a813/.4 700 $aGale$b Robert L.$f1919-$0175396 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974021403321 996 $aAn Ambrose Bierce companion$94336691 997 $aUNINA