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- An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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Description
On a quiet Alabama railroad bridge, a civilian farmer stands bound, a rope tied around his neck, awaiting execution by Union soldiers. The meticulous military detail—sent
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Language
en
Duration
~22 minutes (21K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
1995-12-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Ambrose Bierce
1842–1913
Best known for razor-sharp wit and unsettling short fiction, this American writer turned his Civil War experience into some of the darkest, most memorable stories in 19th-century literature. His life ended in one of literature’s great mysteries after he vanished in Mexico in 1913.
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