AmbroseBierce

• Personal Life-Born Ambrose Gwinett Bierce, write, journalist, and editor. He was born in Megis Co, Ohio June 24th, 1842 his service in the Civil War helped him with both materials for some of his finest stories, and the disillusioned attuide that help bring his wrirting to life. He was the tenth of thirteen children, born to laura sherwood, and Marcus Aurelius Bierce, Ambrose was never close to his parents. His parents were devoted to the Fire-and-Brimstone First Congregational Church of Christ Amborse never really used his parents in any of his stories expect " //Three and three are three".// His father was an unsuccessful farmer ,Bierce family moved to Indiana when he was four. At age fifthteen for a year he was 'printers devils' at the Northen Indianian an abolitionist newspaper in Warsaw, Indiana. At age seventeen he enrolled in the Kentucky Military there he studied architecture, history, latin, and political science.

• Professional Life-After the war he went to San Francisco, where he worked as an editor while wiriting for many magazines (1866-72). He spent three years in London as an editor ( 1872-5), and published many stories, old and new. He returned to San Francisco as an editor, and news paper columnist ( 1887-96). Bierce became the West Coast's leading ( and also dictatorial) literary arbiter, before going to Washington,DC. Bierce went to DC as a correspondent fot the Hearst newspaper (1897-1909), in 1906 he published //__Cynic's word book__// ( later retitled //__The Devils Dictionary) .__// It was a collection of his dark defintions

• Major works- Major work done by Ambrose Bierce was his published book //__Cynic's word__// also known as //__The Devils Dictionary__// which was published in 1906. __//A Fiend's Delight (1872)//, //Cobwebs from an Empty skull (1872)//__. He also published stories in the San Francisco Examiner and published stories like //__In the midest of life(1891)__//, and //__Can such things be ?(1893).__// He fought in many of the well-known battles including, Shiloh, Pickett's Mill, and Chickamunga and created strategic, topographical maps.

• Period and/or Style-1800's-1900's, his style was dark and gloomy some had alot to do with war and fighting, experinces.

• Favorite Themes- Bierce wrote mostly about dark things in his short stories, most of his short stories came from his fighting in the Civil War, like "The crime Pickett's Mill (1888), " A son of the Gods" (1888), " The Coup De Grace" (1889), "The affiar at Coulter's Notch" ( 1889), Chickamuga" (1889), Parker Adderson, and Philosopher and Wit (1891). In 1891 his collection Tales of Soldiers and Civilians was published.

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