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In October of 1913 Ambrose Bierce (then 71) departed Washington, D.C., on a tour of Civil War battlefields. He continued westward and by December he crossed into Mexico. In Ciudad Juárez he joined Pancho Villa's army as an observer (Journalist?). Bierce is known to have gone with Pancho Villa's army as far as Chihuahua, Chihuahua. A letter to a close friend, sent from there on December 26, 1913 is the last that was ever heard from him.

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  • In October of 1913 Ambrose Bierce (then 71) departed Washington, D.C., on a tour of Civil War battlefields. He continued westward and by December he crossed into Mexico. In Ciudad Juárez he joined Pancho Villa's army as an observer (Journalist?). Bierce is known to have gone with Pancho Villa's army as far as Chihuahua, Chihuahua. A letter to a close friend, sent from there on December 26, 1913 is the last that was ever heard from him.
  • Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24, 1842; assumed to have died sometime after December 26, 1913) was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and compiled a satirical lexicon The Devil's Dictionary. His vehemence as a critic, his motto "Nothing matters", and the sardonic view of human nature that informed his work, all earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce".
  • Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 - December 2013 or January 1914?) was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer and satirist. Bierce served in the United States Army in the American Civil War, and received severe injuries in 1864. After the war, Bierce began his writing career. From roughly 1870 through the end of his life, Bierce produced a substantial body of fiction in several genres, as well as non-fiction.
  • Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – circa 1914) was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and compiled a satirical lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary. His vehemence as a critic, his motto "Nothing matters", and the sardonic view of human nature that informed his work, all earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce".
  • One of American literature's most intriguing, and most overlooked, luminaries... and a man who scared Lovecraft. Ambrose Bierce (later nicknamed "Bitter Bierce" and the "Old Gringo") was a journalist and editorialist from Meigs County, Ohio, whose deeply cynical opinions on the world and the people living in it led him to create his now-famous (though not nearly famous enough) series of short stories and other fiction pieces, most notably An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Bitter Bierce never gave anyone a reason to wonder about his nickname: he was aggressive and fond of war (though also an anti-imperialist), fascinated by death, very cynical about love and religion, and perplexed by women. His works are notable for their dark, troubled, and haunting tone and subject matter. He would have
  • Ambrose "Clever Yankee" Bierce (June 24, 1844-after December 26, 1913 (Cosmic ascension)) is a world famous Lexicographer and Short story writer from America. He is noted for his Devils Dictionary and Wittiness. He has never achieved the acclaim of similar writers like Edgar Allan Poe, but he never married his cousin which is customary for Notable American Writers to make the grade amongst their piers.
  • The first known mention of the city of Carcosa was in a brief and melancholy story by Ambrose Gwinett Bierce (1842–1914?) – author, journalist, satirist, Civil War veteran, ladies' man, social and political pundit – who is otherwise known for writing some of the most morbid and macabre stories in American literature. His wickedly funny The Devil's Dictionary defines 'hearse' as "Death's baby carriage", and 'birth' as "the first and direst of all disasters". His three Parricide Club stories – 'My Favorite Murder', 'An Imperfect Conflagration' and 'The Hypnotist' – are deadpan farces in which the protagonists kill their parents in highly inventive ways. His tales of the Civil War, such as 'Chickamauga', 'One Kind of Officer' and the famous 'An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge', are gritty, iron
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