{"product_id":"tales-of-soldiers-and-civilians-isbn-9780140437560","title":"Tales of Soldiers and Civilians","description":"\u003cb\u003eQuesting after Pancho Villa's revolutionary forces, Ambrose Bierce rode into Mexico in 1913 and was never seen again. He left behind him the\u003ci\u003eDevil's Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e and a remarkable body of short fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new collection gathers some of Bierce's finest stories, including the celebrated Civil War fictions '\u003ci\u003eAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e' and '\u003ci\u003eChickamauga\u003c\/i\u003e', his macabre masterpieces, and his tales of supernatural horror. Reminiscent of Poe, these stories are marked by a sardonic humour and a realistic study of tense emotional states.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Text\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eIn the Midst of Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoldiers\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eA Horseman in the Sky\u003cbr\u003eAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge\u003cbr\u003eChickamauga\u003cbr\u003eA Son of the Gods\u003cbr\u003eOne of the Missing\u003cbr\u003eKilled at Resaca\u003cbr\u003eThe Affair at Coulter's Notch\u003cbr\u003eThe Coup de Grâce\u003cbr\u003eParker Adderson, Philosopher\u003cbr\u003eAn Affair of Outposts\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of a Conscience\u003cbr\u003eOne Kind of Officer\u003cbr\u003eThe Mocking-Bird\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCivilians\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eThe Man Out of the Nose\u003cbr\u003eThe Man and the Snake\u003cbr\u003eThe Boarded Window\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eCan Such Things Be?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCan Such Things Be?\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eMoxon's Master\u003cbr\u003eA Tough Tussle\u003cbr\u003eA Resumed Identity\u003cbr\u003eThe Night-Doings at \"Deadman's\"\u003cbr\u003eThe Realm of the Unreal\u003cbr\u003eThe Damned Thing\u003cbr\u003eHaïta the Shepherd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ways of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003ePresent at a Hanging\u003cbr\u003eA Wireless Message\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoldier Folk\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eThree and One Are One\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNegligible Tales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNegligible Tales\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eA Bottomless Grave\u003cbr\u003eJupiter Doke, Brigadier-General\u003cbr\u003eThe City of the Gone Away\u003cbr\u003eThe Major's Tale\u003cbr\u003eCurried Cow\u003cbr\u003eA Revolt of the Gods\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Parenticide Club\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eMy Favorite Murder\u003cbr\u003eOil of Dog\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eAntepenultimata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Bivouac of the Dead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe Opinionator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Controversialist\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eThe Short Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplanatory Notes\u003cbr\u003eGlossary of Military Terms\u003cbr\u003eBattle Sites and Battle Leaders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Quirk\u003c\/b\u003e is the Catherine Paine Middlebush Professor of English at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is the editor of the Penguin Classics editions of Mark Twain's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1994) and Ambrose Bierce's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTales of Soldiers and Civilians and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (2000) and co-editor of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Portable American Realism Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1997). His other books include \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eComing to Grips with Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1993), \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Twain: A Study of the Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1997) and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNothing Abstract: Investigations in the American Literary Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (2001).","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303166365925,"sku":"NP9780140437560","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140437560.jpg?v=1767737754","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/tales-of-soldiers-and-civilians-isbn-9780140437560","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}