Shadows of Blue and Gray: The Civil War Writings of Ambrose Bierce

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2003
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Ambrose Bierce didn't just write about the Civil War - he lived through it, on the battlefields and along the picket lines. In so doing he gave birth to a chronicle of men at war previously unseen in the American literary canon. That some of these stories verge on the supernatural, others on factual chronicle, and others balance on the thin line between humour and morbidity in no way detracts from their resonance to the history of the War Between the States.

Synopsis

Ambrose Bierce didn't just write about the Civil War - he lived through it, on the battlefields and along the picket lines. In so doing he gave birth to a chronicle of men at war previously unseen in the American literary canon. That some of these stories verge on the supernatural, others on factual chronicle, and others balance on the thin line between humour and morbidity in no way detracts from their resonance to the history of the War Between the States.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 284
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Saint Martin's Press Inc.
Published: 13 Mar 2003
ISBN 10: 9780765302
ISBN 13: 9780765302458

Media Reviews

Twenty-seven stories, along with some memoirs and reportage ... famous for their unflinching look at the brutality of war - Publishers Weekly

The most important American writer who served as a combat soldier in the Civil War - Booklist

Twenty-seven stories, along with some memoirs and reportage ... famous for their unflinching look at the brutality of war Publishers Weekly

The most important American writer who served as a combat soldier in the Civil War Booklist

Twenty-seven stories, along with some memoirs and reportage ... famous for their unflinching look at the brutality of war --Publishers Weekly

The most important American writer who served as a combat soldier in the Civil War --Booklist

Author Bio

Ambrose Bierce was one of the leading men of letters in 19th-century America. Among his most important books were The Devil's Dictionary and Tales of Soldiers and Civilians.