Title: George Thurston

Title: George Thurston Title Record # 1282401
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Date: 1883-09-29
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: First published in the Wasp (San Francisco), September 29, 1883.

Synopsis: George Thurston has found a trick for overcoming his fear, by folding his arms. Overcoming fear is sometimes useful but can be counterproductive, as George's death demonstrates.

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Year	Title
1909	George Thurston: Three Incidents in the Life of a Man

Year	Language	Title
1963^ⓘTranslated by Gisela Günther	German	George Thurston
1974^ⓘTranslated by Frida Papadache	Romanian	George Thurston – Trei incidente din viața unui bărbat^?George Thurston - Trei incidente din viata unui barbat

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
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

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