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A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below.
An edition of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
(1980)
Ambrose Bierce's "An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
an annotated critical edition
by Ambrose Bierce
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890) is a short story by the American writer and Civil War veteran Ambrose Bierce. Described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature", it was originally published by The San Francisco Examiner on July 13, 1890, and was first collected in Bierce's book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891). The story, which is set during the American Civil War, is known for its irregular time sequence and twist ending. Bierce's abandonment of strict linear narration in favor of the internal mind of the protagonist is an early example of the stream of consciousness narrative mode.
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Fiction, History, Classic Literature, Short Stories, Juvenile audience, civil war, hanging, American Civil War, Confederate States of America, Union, ImaginationPeople
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United States, Alabama, Owl Creek BridgeTimes
1861-65, Civil War, 1861-1865Showing 6 featured editions. View all 74 editions?
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
2017?, [publisher not identified]
paperback
in English
1549713329 9781549713323
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
2008 03 19, Project Gutenberg
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- THE MILLENNIUM FULCRUM EDITION, 1988
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Ambrose Bierce's "An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge": an annotated critical edition
2003, Locust Hill Press
in English
0972228969 9780972228961
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
1980, Creative Education
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087191770X 9780871917706
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