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NAME: Ambrose Gwinett Bierce BORN: June 24, 1842 COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS: born...Meigs County, Ohio OCCUPATION: author, journalist DIED: disappeared in Mexico, 1914 The Devil's Dictionary (site by Project Gutenburg) Return to Main Page Return to Name index Return to Career Index Return to County Index |
FAST FACTS:
Bierce fought in the Civil War.
Later on, he worked as a journalist in New York and London.
He gained attention as a writer of fiction for
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. His most famous work was the Cynics Word Book (1906), later
retitled, The Devil's Dictionary (1911).  image source: OHS |