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Ambrose Bierce is Missing

Author : Joe Nickell
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813164141
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Ambrose Bierce is Missing written by Joe Nickell and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What constitutes historical truth is often subject to change. Through ingenious detection, the accepted wisdom of one generation may become the discredited legend of another -- or vice versa. In this wide- ranging study of historical investigation, former detective Joe Nickell allows the reader to look over his shoulder as he demonstrates the use of varied techniques in solving some of the world's most perplexing mysteries. All the major categories of historical mystery are here -- ancient riddles, biographical enigmas, hidden identity, "fakelore," questioned artifacts, suspect documents, lost texts, obscured sources, and scientific challenges. Each is then illustrated by a complete case from the author's own files. Nickell's investigation of the giant Nazca drawings in Peru, for example -- thought by some to provide proof of ancient extraterrestrial visitations -- uses innovative techniques to reveal a very different origin. Other cases concern the 1913 disappearance of writer and journalist Ambrose Bierce, the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, the truth about the identity of John Demjanjuk ("Ivan the Terrible" to Polish death camp victims), the fate of a lost colonial American text, the authenticity of Abraham Lincoln's celebrated Bixby letter, and the apparent real-life model for a mysterious character in a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In reaching his solutions, Nickell demonstrates a wide variety of investigative techniques -- chemical and instrumental analyses, physical experimentation, a "psychological autopsy," forensic identification, archival research, linguistic analysis, folklore study, and many others. His highly readable book will intrigue the scholar and the history buff no less than the mystery lover.

Ambrose Bierce is Missing

Author : Joe Nickell
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813186463
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Ambrose Bierce is Missing written by Joe Nickell and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What constitutes historical truth is often subject to change. Through ingenious detection, the accepted wisdom of one generation may become the discredited legend of another—or vice versa. In this wide- ranging study of historical investigation, former detective Joe Nickell allows the reader to look over his shoulder as he demonstrates the use of varied techniques in solving some of the world's most perplexing mysteries. All the major categories of historical mystery are here—ancient riddles, biographical enigmas, hidden identity, "fakelore," questioned artifacts, suspect documents, lost texts, obscured sources, and scientific challenges. Each is then illustrated by a complete case from the author's own files. Nickell's investigation of the giant Nazca drawings in Peru, for example—thought by some to provide proof of ancient extraterrestrial visitations—uses innovative techniques to reveal a very different origin. Other cases concern the 1913 disappearance of writer and journalist Ambrose Bierce, the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, the truth about the identity of John Demjanjuk ("Ivan the Terrible" to Polish death camp victims), the fate of a lost colonial American text, the authenticity of Abraham Lincoln's celebrated Bixby letter, and the apparent real-life model for a mysterious character in a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In reaching his solutions, Nickell demonstrates a wide variety of investigative techniques—chemical and instrumental analyses, physical experimentation, a "psychological autopsy," forensic identification, archival research, linguistic analysis, folklore study, and many others. His highly readable book will intrigue the scholar and the history buff no less than the mystery lover.

One of the Missing

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN 13 : 8726701103
Total Pages : 5 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book One of the Missing written by Ambrose Bierce and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This gripping short, powered by stunning imagery, will have you questioning everything right up to the final brutal twist. In the midst of the Civil War, Jerome Searing is given the task of scouting ahead for the Confederate rear guard. After some time he catches up to the retreating Secessionists and in a fit of rage takes aim at one of the soldiers but just before he can pull the trigger, cannon fire erupts around him. Jerome is knocked unconscious and when he awakes he finds himself trapped under a mass of wood and rock with his rifle pointing squarely in his face. It is a novel in the same vein as Bierce’s ‘ An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’, exploring the hopeless brutality of war and the foolish idea that there is glory in the brutality of violence. Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914) was an American author and journalist, best known for his horror and fiction stories. Bierce was often called "Bitter Bierce" because of his cynicism and sardonic view of human nature. His point of view transpires mainly in "The Devil’s Dictionary", a work which was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature". Other popular works by Bierce are "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and "Tales of Soldiers and Civilians". Ambrose Bierce’s interesting life ended as if it had been plotted by himself. The last that is known of him is a letter he wrote to a friend, which said "I leave here tomorrow for an unknown destination", and he was never seen again.

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528786017
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge written by Ambrose Bierce and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2018-08-20 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of the short story, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (1890) by Ambrose Bierce. In this text Bierce creatively uses both structure and content to explore the concept of time, from present to past, and reflecting its transitional and illusive qualities. The story is one of Bierce’s most popular and acclaimed works, alongside “The Devil’s Dictionary” (1911). Bierce (1842-c. 1914) was an American writer, journalist and Civil War veteran associated with the realism literary movement. His writing is noted for its cynical, brooding tones and structural precision.

Ambrose Bierce and the Death of Kings

Author : Oakley M. Hall
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 9780142001332
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Ambrose Bierce and the Death of Kings written by Oakley M. Hall and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2002 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compulsively readable mystery, the hero is the historical figure Ambrose Bierce, William Randolph Hearst's star reporter and San Francisco's most celebrated writer at the turn of the 20th century. Intelligent, gripping, and often very funny, this wonderfully tangled tale of murder and mystery is sure to satisfy.

Civil War Stories

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486111563
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book Civil War Stories written by Ambrose Bierce and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen dark and vivid tales by great satirist: "A Horseman in the Sky," "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," "Chicakamauga," "A Son of the Gods," "What I Saw of Shiloh," more. Note.

Ambrose Bierce and the One-eyed Jacks

Author : Oakley M. Hall
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ambrose Bierce and the One-eyed Jacks written by Oakley M. Hall and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 2003 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bierce and his sidekick Tom Redmond follow a trail of murder that leads from a sinister British yachtsman to a photographer of female flesh. Bierce's unraveling sheds a blinding light on parental guilt and fin-de-sicle morality. The third in Hall's Ambrose Bierce series, this is a must-have for fans of Caleb Carr's "The Alienist" and E.L. Doctorow's "The Waterworks."

Chickamauga

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chickamauga written by Ambrose Bierce and published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambrose Bierce’s short story, "Chickamauga," scrutinizes American values, specifically, America’s identifying with the natural world. Bierce is critical of the American association with divine destiny, which has manifested itself throughout history in the form of John Winthrop’s “City upon a hill” speech, the notion of the “white man’s burden,” and Manifest Destiny. American history, in the scope of the short story, is one of perceived “rightly” subjugation of others. Bierce satirizes this philosophy by use of the child as a manifestation of American values that are eventually shown to be feeble and weak. Famous works of the author Ambrose Bierce: "A Psychological Shipwreck", "Killed at Resaca",, "An Inhabitant of Carcosa", "One of the Missing", "A Tough Tussle", "An Unfinished Race", "One of Twins", "A Horseman in the Sky", "The Spook House", "The Middle Toe of the Right Foot", "The Man and the Snake", "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", "The Realm of the Unreal", "The Boarded Window", "The Secret of Macarger's Gulch", "The Death of Halpin Frayser", "The Damned Thing", "The Eyes of the Panther", "Moxon's Master", "The Moonlit Road", "Beyond the Wall".

Ambrose Bierce

Author : Roy Morris
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195126289
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Ambrose Bierce written by Roy Morris and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chronicles the life and career of the acerbic author, from his youth, through his experiences during the Civil War, to his 1913 disappearance in revolution-torn Mexico"-OCLC

The Damned Thing

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1789826837
Total Pages : 17 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book The Damned Thing written by Ambrose Bierce and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2021-09-17 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hugh Morgan's corpse lays savaged on the floor of a wood cabin, and becomes the subject of an inquest into how he perished. No evidence that can be found explains how he died, however. His friend claims that he suffered convulsions, while Morgan's diary indicates insanity - a claim only strengthened by his obsession with “the damned thing -“ but perhaps there is more to Morgan's ramblings than is realised at first...

Ambrose Bierce’s Civil War

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786251876
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Ambrose Bierce’s Civil War written by Ambrose Bierce and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful collection contains the very best of this world-renowned author’s writings. All of the short stories and factual accounts of the Civil War presented here form a searing, unflinching portrait of this terrible war. For fiction and non-fiction fans and history buffs alike.

The Middle Toe of the Right Foot

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN 13 : 8726701073
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Middle Toe of the Right Foot written by Ambrose Bierce and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1890, ‘The Middle Toe of the Right Foot’ is a classic ghost story from famous American author Ambrose Bierce. A gruesome and horrifying murder has taken place. Manton, the only one left alive, flees the scene, leaving the house empty and abandoned. When a group of young men stumble across the empty property many years later, strange and unexplainable things start to happen. A terrifying tale suitable for all horror lovers. Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914) was an American author, journalist, and poet, best known for his horror and fiction stories. Born in Ohio to a large family, Bierce left home at 15 to become a printer’s apprentice. Bierce saw action during the American Civil War, and his terrifying experiences were recounted in horrifying and realistic detail in many of his stories such as ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’ and ‘One of the Missing’. Bierce also become known for his ghost and psychological horror stories, as well as his poetry. One of his most famous works is ‘The Devil’s Dictionary’ which contained satirical definitions of English words. Bierce wrote a letter to a friend in 1913 stating ‘I leave here tomorrow for an unknown destination’ before mysteriously vanishing without a trace.

The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN 13 : 8726553708
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter written by Ambrose Bierce and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter" tells the tale of 17th century monk Ambrosius, who meets a young girl named Benedicta, a hangman’s daughter, who is shunned by her community because of her father’s profession. A friendship develops between the two, and when the girl’s virtue gets corrupted, Ambrosius is ready to fight for her. It is a story of friendship, love, morality, and redemption. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was an American writer, journalist, critic, poet, and Civil War veteran, best known for The Devil's Dictionary (1911). He dominated the horror genre as the preeminent innovator of supernatural storytelling in the period between the death of Edgar Allan Poe and the rise of H.P. Lovecraft. Bierce’s death was as mysterious as his strange stories; sometime around 1914 he left for Mexico, wanting to experience the Mexican Revolution firsthand, and was never to be seen again.

A Watcher by the Dead

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN 13 : 8726701111
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book A Watcher by the Dead written by Ambrose Bierce and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2022-04-14 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Helberson and his friends, Harper and Mancher, are enjoying a night of smoking and drinking in the good doctor’s office when a question arises. Is a fear of the dead curable? The doctor believes it absolutely is and sets about organising a wager with his friends. They find a local gambler named Jarette and bet a large sum of money on whether he can spend the night locked in a room with a corpse without losing his mind. A haunting tale full of monstrous imagery, which deftly displays Bierce’s terrifying mastery of the horror genre. If you loved ‘The Conjuring’ you will love this classic ghost story. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was an American author, journalist, critic and soldier, best known for his works of horror and fiction. He was a truly talented writer whose ability was not bound to one genre. His works of horror draw honourable comparison to Edgar Allan Poe and H.P Lovecraft while his more humorous, satirical work draws the comparison to such literary greats as Jonathan Swift and Voltaire. Bierce’s ‘The Devils Dictionary’ has been named one of ‘The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature’. His war stories such as ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’ and ‘Tales of Soldiers and Civilians’ are amongst his best works and are said to have inspired Ernest Hemingway and Stephen Crane. Even Bierce’s end is as mysterious as one of his own tales, travelling to Mexico to cover the revolution first-hand but never being heard or seen from again.

A Vision of Doom

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780937986523
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (865 download)

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Download or read book A Vision of Doom written by Ambrose Bierce and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That strange creative genius, Ambrose Bierce, published approximately 800 pieces of verse in a lifetime of writing. Much of it is satire involving many who were celebrities on the West Coast. A modicum remains of real poetry -- compact, powerful, and -- quite unexpectedly -- tender with a tenderness not usually associated with "The Devil's Lexicographer". This collection retains that hard core of real poetry, together with a sampling from the better pieces of his satirical verse, which bring notice to Bierce's fine qualities as a poet and to his influence on other West Coast poets.

What I Saw of Shiloh

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781519549075
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book What I Saw of Shiloh written by Ambrose Bierce and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambrose Bierce was an American writer who is best known for his realism. Often compared to Poe for the dark, realistic nature of his short stories, Bierce drew upon his Civil War experience as a soldier to write on a wide variety of subjects, and stories like An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge are still widely read.

Vanished!

Author : Evan Balkan
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 145878083X
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book Vanished! written by Evan Balkan and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best adventures come full circle, depositing intrepid explorers back into their cozy armchairs to dream of the next challenge. But often that armchair may be the last lingering thought as a last breath is taken, as an adventure conjured in comfort spins off into a mystery forever unsolved.Vanished! Explorers Forever Lost dives deep into the true and harrowing accounts of adventurers who never came home. From the disappearance in Utah of cowboy roamer Everett Ruess to the loss of billionaire explorer Michael Rockefeller in the wilds of New Guinea, the tales of those forfeited to the call of wild adventure ring with mystery, intrigue, and excitement to this day. Murdered, drowned, or eaten alive these are mysteries of disappearance likely to remain unsolved but never forgotten. This book details them all. So grab a copy and curl up in your comfy armchair with your favorite brew and delve into these intriguing mysteries.