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Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

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An edition of In the Midst of Life. Tales of Civilians (1891)

In the Midst of Life

Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

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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, Shorts

People

Peyton Farquhar, Irene Marlowe, Jenner Brenning, Charles Marlowe, Dr. Helberson, Dr. Mancher, Hugh Morgan, William Harker

Places

United States, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, San Francisco, Carcosa, Macarger's Gulch

Times

19th century, 1861-65, 1861-1865, 1860s

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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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St. Martin's Library

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Hardcover
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vi, 244 p.
Number of pages
244

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OL7173088M
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