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Ambrose Bierce American newspaperman and satirist, Ambrose Bierce, detail of an oil painting by J.H.E. Partington.

Ambrose Bierce

American author
Also known as: Ambrose Gwinett Bierce, Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce(Show More)
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Ambrose Bierce (born June 24, 1842, Meigs county, Ohio, U.S.—died January 1914?, Mexico?) was an American newspaperman, wit, satirist, and author of sardonic short stories based on themes of death and horror. His life ended in an unsolved mystery. Reared in Kosciusko county, Indiana, Bierce became a printer’s devil (apprentice) on a Warsaw, Indiana, paper after about a year in high school. In 1861 he enlisted in the 9th Indiana Volunteers and fought in a...

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