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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

Copyright ed.

by and

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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

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19th century 1861-65 1861-1865 1860s

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Table of Contents

THE SUITABLE SURROUNDINGS 7
The Night . ; .;'.... 7
The Day before . . . , : . .-' ..... 10
The Day after 16
SOLDIERS.
A HORSEMAN IN THE SKY 23
AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE .... 35
CHICKAMAUGA 53
A SON OF THE GODS 65
ONE OF THE MISSING 78
KILLED AT RESACA 100.
THE AFFAIR AT COULTER'S NOTCH 112
A TOUGH TUSSLE 128
THE COUP DE GRACE 142
PARKER ADDERSON, PHILOSOPHER 153
CIVILIANS.
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A WATCHER BY THE DEAD 167
THE MAN AND THE SNAKE 187
A HOLY TERROR 200
AN INHABITANT OF CARCOSA 226
THE BOARDED WINDOW 233
THE MIDDLE TOE OF THE RIGHT FOOT 242
HAITA THE SHEPHERD 258
AN HEIRESS FROM REDHORSE 268

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Collection of British authors: Tauchnitz edition; v. 2814
Other Titles
Tales of soldiers and civilians.

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Hardcover
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279 p. ;
Number of pages
279

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