{"product_id":"9781612773728","title":"Tales of Soldiers and Civilians: Ambrose Bierce","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis revised edition of Ambrose Bierce’s 1892 collection of “Soldiers” and “Civilians” tales fills a void in American literature. A veteran of the Civil War and a journalist known for his integrity and biting satire, Ambrose Bierce was also a lively short-story writer of considerable depth and power. As San Francisco’s most famous journalist during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, Bierce was hired by William Randolph Hearst to write a column for \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Examiner,\u003c\/em\u003e where his “Soldiers” and “Civilians” tales first appeared during the late 1880s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the standards of his day and ours, Bierce’s journalism was often brilliantly insightful, viciously libelous, petty, and grand, frequently in the space of a single paragraph. This edition reveals the often compelling artistry of Bierce’s original versions of the tales and the intentionally intricate design and scope of the original collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kent State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134232805616,"sku":"9781612773728","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612773728_p0.jpg?v=1769903829","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612773728","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}