“The Crime at Pickett’s Mill,”
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Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American author, journalist, and poet. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. For his horror writing, Michael Dirda ranked him alongside Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. S. T. Joshi speculates that "he may well be the greatest satirist Amer…
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culture · American writer (1842 – c. 1914) · writer · journalist · aphorist · poet · science fiction writer · horror writer · also Ambrose Bierce, Dod Grile, William Herman, Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, Bierce
Born 24 June 1842 · Died 1914 · Q191050
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2026· 7 entries
“A dozen of my brave fellows tumbled over like ten-pins. Some struggled to their feet, only to go down again, and yet again.”
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“Ambrose Bierce, 'the Old Gringo': Fact, Fiction and Fantasy”
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“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”
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The Economic Times: Quote of the day by Ambrose Bierce: 'Love is a temporary insanity that is curable by marriage...' - A century old life lesson on why romance does not remain the same after marriage
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jagranjosh.com: Quote of the Day by Ambrose Bierce: “All are lunatics...” A Sharp Reflection on Human Nature by American Writer & Satirist
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Yahoo: A Bitter Man: The Disappearance of Ambrose Bierce
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2023· 1 entry
Mental Floss: Ambrose Bierce, the Dark Humorist Who Disappeared
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2021· 1 entry
CounterPunch: Ambrose Bierce’s Pro-Freedom Cynicism
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2020· 1 entry
Moviefone: Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories - Where to Watch
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2007· 1 entry
By director Michael Barton and runs about 23 minutes
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2005· 1 entry
Author Kurt Vonnegut stated that he considered "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" the "greatest American short story" and a work of "flawless
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2002· 1 entry
The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco premiered David Lang's one-act opera, The Difficulty of Crossing a Field, based on Bierce's one-page short story by the same title
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1957· 1 entry
And was reprinted in the anthology Men Without Bones
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1916· 1 entry
“s million-acre cattle ranch in northern Mexico, and how Pancho Villa attacked it in 1916. Groom says Villa had the ranch manager sabered to death and then kidnapped his children. Enlarge this image Winston Groom”
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1914· 8 entries
Died 1914.
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“A política é a condução dos negócios públicos para proveito dos particulares.”
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“A amizade é um navio suficientemente grande para levar duas pessoas com tempo bom, mas apenas uma com tempo mau.”
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“Paz: em questões internacionais, um período de trapaça entre dois períodos de luta.”
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“Trabalho: um dos processos através dos quais A cria riqueza para B.”
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“ACCIDENT, n. An inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws.”
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“Sweater, n. A garment worn by a child when its mother feel s chilly.”
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“Cel to zadanie, jakie wyznaczamy naszym marzeniom.”
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1913· 1 entry
Bierce told reporters that he was travelling to Mexico to gain first-hand experience of the Mexican Revolution
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1901· 1 entry
When Hearst's opponents turned a poem Bierce had written about the assassination of Governor William Goebel of Kentucky in 1900 into a cause célèbre
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1888· 2 entries
After discovering compromising letters to her from an admirer
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Bierce separated from his wife in 1888, after discovering compromising letters to her from an admirer.
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1873· 1 entry
By John Camden Hotten under the pseudonym "Dod Grile"
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1872· 1 entry
“s Delight, a compilation of his articles, was published in London in 1873 by John Camden Hotten under the pseudonym”
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1842· 2 entries
Born 1842-06-24.
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To Marcus Aurelius Bierce (1799–1876) and Laura Sherwood Bierce
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