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The Ambrose Bierce Project: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is devoted the work of writer Ambrose Bierce. Visitors can view pages from the printed editon of the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and read an annotated version of the text. Links within the site provide...
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Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: Online Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides you with 245 of Ambrose Bierces' Fantastic Fables. This online collection is not sorted but shown in order as the fables were published.
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Fierce Bierce

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting article about the cynical newspaperman who wrote "The Devil's Dictionary." Includes some entries from his infamous glossary as well as biographical information and a portrait.
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Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Gothic Undercurrents: Ambrose Bierce

For Students 9th - 10th
This very brief biography features the literary contributions of Ambrose Bierce. Click on "Ambrose Bierce Activities" for related resources.
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Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Created in the image of the the book of the same name, these diabolical definitions are Bierce's satirical ridicule of the status quo. Many of these satirical definitions are accompanied by quotations.