An edition of In the Midst of Life. Tales of Civilians
(1891)
In the Midst of Life
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
by Ambrose Bierce and A Bierce
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A collection of 26 stories:
Soldiers (15 stories)
"A Horseman in the Sky"
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
"Chickamauga"
"A Son of the Gods"
"One of the Missing"
"Killed at Resaca"
"The Affair at Coulter's Notch"
"The Coup de Grâce"
"Parker Adderson, Philosopher"
"An Affair of Outposts"
"The Story of a Conscience"
"One Kind of Officer"
"One Officer, One Man"
"George Thurston"
"The Mocking-Bird"
Civilians (11 stories)
"The Man Out of the Nose"
"An Adventure at Brownville"
"The Famous Gilson Bequest"
"The Applicant"
Watcher by the Dead
"The Man and the Snake"
"A Holy Terror"
"The Suitable Surroundings"
"The Boarded Window"
"An Heiress from Redhorse"
The Eyes of the Panther
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History, Fiction, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Classic Literature, Short Stories, hanging, Confederacy, Union, American Short stories, American fiction, manners and customs, literature, American literature, werepanthers, spirit possession, panthers, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Juvenile audience, civil war, American Civil War, Confederate States of America, first-person narrative, lynx, owls, Verhalen, Illustraties, Amerikaans, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction, Fiction, horror, Fiction, war & military, Supernatural, American Horror tales, American War stories, Soldiers, Paranormal fiction, United States Civil War, horror tales, horror, inquests, coroners, mountain lions, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction, Horror tales, American, War stories, American, ShortsPeople
Peyton Farquhar, Irene Marlowe, Jenner Brenning, Charles Marlowe, Dr. Helberson, Dr. Mancher, Hugh Morgan, William HarkerTimes
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In the Midst of Life; Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
2023, Creative Media Partners, LLC
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In the Midst of Life, Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
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In the Midst of Life; Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. by: Ambrose Bierce
2017, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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in the Midst of Life - Scholar's Choice Edition
Feb 18, 2015, Scholar's Choice
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In the Midst of Life: Civil War Classic Library
2012, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
2012-07-29, Forgotten Books
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In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
2008, Read Books
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In the Midst of Life; Tales of Soldiers and Civilians;
2008, Read Books
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The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 2
June 12, 2007, IndyPublish
Hardcover
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The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II (Large Print Edition): In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civili
January 30, 2007, BiblioBazaar
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In the Midst of Life - Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
2007, Read Books
in English
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The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civili
January 30, 2007, BiblioBazaar
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The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 2
September 11, 2007, IndyPublish
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The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Vol. II
June 1, 2006, Aegypan
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The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce2
June 30, 2006, IndyPublish.com
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In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (Large Print)
June 26, 2006, Echo Library
Paperback
in English
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The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Vol. II
August 1, 2005, Aegypan
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in English
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In the Midst of Life. Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
January 10, 2005, Echo Library
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in English
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Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce
March 30, 2005, IndyPublish.com
Hardcover
in English
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The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume 2
March 2005, IndyPublish.com
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In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
2004 08 30, Project Gutenberg
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Tales of soldiers and civilians
2004, Kent State University Press
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In the Midst of Life, Part II: Tales of Civilians
December 1990, Buccaneer Books
Library Binding
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In the Midst of Life, Tales of Civilians (Volume 2)
April 1982, Amereon Ltd
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In the midst of life: tales of soldiers and civilians
1979, Franklin Library
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Mitten im Leben: sind wir vom Tod umfangen
1978, Büchergilde Gutenberg
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1974, Citadel Press
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Book Details
Table of Contents
"The Suitable Surroundings"
Soldiers
"A Horseman in the Sky"
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
"Chickamauga"
"A Son of the Gods"
"One of the Missing"
"Killed at Resaca"
"The Affair at Coulter's Notch"
"A Tough Tussle"
"The Coup de Grâce"
"Parker Adderson, Philosopher"
Civilians
"A Watcher by the Dead"
"The Man and the Snake"
"A Holy Terror"
"An Inhabitant of Carcosa"
"The Boarded Window"
"The Middle Toe of the Right Foot"
"Haita the Shepherd"
"An Heiress from Redhorse"
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