Title: A Son of the Gods
Title Record # 1282388
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Date: 1888-07-29
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Ambrose Bierce
Date: 1888-07-29
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in the San Francisco Examiner, July 29, 1888.
Synopsis: A Civil War story. A soldier rides out under fire in order to show the others where the enemy is lurking. It's awe-inspiring but ultimately futile.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | 1892-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Chatto & Windus |
vi+ 244 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | 1910-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Chatto & Windus | 244 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories | 1926-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Haldeman-Julius (Little Blue Book #1054) | 64 | ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications. |
coll | ||||
| In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | 1930-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Chatto & Windus (Phoenix Library) | 2/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
244 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | 1941-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Chatto & Windus (Pelham Library) | 244 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | 1970-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Doubleday | 496 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Alex Gotfryd | |||
| The Complete Short Stories 2, The World of War and the World of Tall Tales | 1971-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Ballantine Books | 0-345-02449-4 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
xix+ 298 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | John Holmes | |
| The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | 1984-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | 0-8032-6071-7 | 496 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Marvin Cone | ||
| Ambrose Bierce: Masters of the Weird Tale | 2012-07-17 | Ambrose Bierce | Centipede Press (Masters of the Weird Tale) | 978-1-61347-015-2 | $350.00?$: US dollar |
600 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | date unknown | Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | 978-0-8032-6071-9 | $18.95?$: US dollar |
496 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Marvin Cone |  |