The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, volume 1

This volume includes: ASHES OF THE BEACON; THE LAND BEYOND THE BLOW ( THITHER, SONS OF THE FAIR STAR, AN INTERVIEW WITH GNARMAG-ZOTE, THE TAMTONIANS, MAROONED ON UG, THE DOG IN GANGEWAG, A CONFLAGRATION IN GHARGAROO, AN EXECUTION IN BATRUGIA, THE JUMJUM OF GOKEETLE-GUK, THE KINGDOM OF TORTIRRA, and HITHER), FOR THE AHKOOND, JOHN SMITH, LIBERATOR, and BITS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY ( ON A MOUNTAIN, WHAT I SAW OF SHILOH, A LITTLE OF CHICKAMAUCA, THE CRIME AT PICKETT'S MILL, FOUR DAYS IN DIXIE, WHAT OCCURRED AT FRANKLIN, 'WAY DOWN IN ALABAM', WORKING FOR AN EMPRESS, ACROSS THE PLAINS, THE MIRAGE, A SOLE SURVIVOR).