Ambrose Bierce

Or

Dod Grile

Name: Ambrose Gwinnete BierceBorn: June 24 1842Place: Horse Cave Creek, Meigs County, Ohio(Ten of thirteen sibling all with letter A first names)

Occupation: Author, Columnist

Died: 1914 Chihuahua Mexico (as legend goes)

Birth place

Ohio

Ambrose Bierce disappeared while travelling to Mexico to link up with Pancho Villa

Sources

• http://www.online-literature.com/bierce/• http://donswaim.com/• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce• http://www.ambrosebierce.org/• https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ambrose-Bierce/

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• Google Images

Early LifeParents: Marcus Aurelius Bierce Laura Sherwood Bierce Bierce siblings: Abigail, Amelia, Ann, Addison, Aurelius, Augustus, Almeda, Andrew, Albert, Ambrose, Arthur, Adelia, and Aurelia.

At age fifteen became a "printer's devil".

CareersFought in civil war (Decorated)Treasury AgentUS mint worker (San Francisco)Columnist and Editor (Prattle)

Style

• Abrupt beginnings • Dark imagery • Vague references to time• Limited descriptions • Impossible events • Theme of war• Social criticism/ cynicism

Famous works

• Considered a master of pure English• An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Short Story)

• The Devils Dictionary (most quoted) (Urban dictionary)

An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge

Plot:Confederate sympathizer caught and sentenced to hang.His life Flashes before his eyes

Influences

Influence by Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, Voltaire, Jonathan

Swift

InfluencedErnest Hemingway, Julio Cortazar , H.L. Mecken