The devil's dictionary, tales, & memoirs

Author(s)

• Bierce, Ambrose
• Joshi, S. T.

Bibliographic Information

The devil's dictionary, tales, & memoirs

Ambrose Bierce ; S.T. Joshi, editor

（The library of America, 219）

Library of America, c2011

Other Title

Ambrose Bierce

The devil's dictionary, tales, and memoirs

Note

Chronology: p. 841-850

Contents of Works

• In the midst of life : tales of soldiers and civilians
• Can such things be?
• The devil's dictionary
• Bits of autobiography
• Mrs. Dennison's head
• The man overboard
• Jupiter Doke, brigadier-general
• A bottomless grave
• For the Ahkoond
• My favorite murder
• Oil of dog
• Ashes of the beacon

Details

• NCID: BB06701552
• ISBN:
  • 9781598531022
• LCCN: 2010942020
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: [New York, N.Y.]
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 880 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Short stories, American -- 19th century
  • LCSH : English language -- Dictionaries -- Humor
  • LCSH : English language -- Semantics -- Humor
  • LCSH : Vocabulary -- Humor
  • LCSH : United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives -- Fiction
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00080739