by Ambrose Bierce (Author), Ambrose Bierce (Author), Ernest Hopkins (Editor), John Myers (Preface)
An incomparable satirist, Ambrose Bierce became the "laughing devil" of the San Francisco news media, for he was about as discreet as a runaway locomotive, according to H.L.Mencken, and nowhere are his uninhibited irony and gift for verse parody more in evidence than in this "dictionary".
Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 28 Jun 2001
ISBN 10: 0141185929
ISBN 13: 9780141185927