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From: World and I
Date: 20020801
Author:WILSON, CLYDE
Clyde Wilson is professor of history at the University of South Carolina and the author or editor of over thirty books in American history and literature.
Book Info:SHADOWS OF BLUE AND GRAY The Civil War Writings of Ambrose Bierce Edited by Brian M. Thomsen Publisher:New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2002 284 pp., $24.95
There are several reasons why Ambrose Bierce, one of the finest American short story writers of the nineteenth century and one of the best war writers of all time, is not much in favor today--and perhaps even more reasons why he should be.
Though I ...
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