Bierce: Des Teufels Wörterbuch

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After joining the regiment in Indiana at the beginning of the civil war, Ambrose Gwinett Briece was not promoted to captain as he expected. In his disappointment he flipped a coin; the alternative was lieutenant or journalist. His satirical articles in the paper „Sunday Examiner" made him famous. Since 1909 he had compiled the works that he regarded as best in a 12-volume edition of his Collected Works. The Devil's Dictionary was published in 1911 as volume VII of the Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce.

Ambrose Bierce: Des Teufels Wörterbuch. Hard cover in a slipcase, 512 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2003. German edition.

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