ALS, AMS March 19, 1911 to November 10, 1912 : eight manuscript items comprising six Autograph Letters Signed with two related manuscript items, one signed with initials, the other signed in full. / To Walter Neale (friend and publisher.).

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ALS, AMS March 19, 1911 to November 10, 1912 : eight manuscript items comprising six Autograph Letters Signed with two related manuscript items, one signed with initials, the other signed in full. / To Walter Neale (friend and publisher.).

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The utter failure of Walter Neale's project to publish "The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce" in twelve volumes coincides with and is the subject matter of some of these letters, and the publication's reception was likely the final major blow to the writer.

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Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?

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Ambrose Bierce was born in Horse Cave Creek, Ohio, on June 24, 1842. After military service in the Civil War, he settled in San Francisco, where he met Mark Twain and became a columnist and writer. Bierce became known for his sharp, sarcastic wit while writing for the "Argonaut," the "Wasp," and the "San Francisco Examiner." A member of the Bohemian Club, he became acquainted with many of the prominent San Francisco authors. After his retirement Bierce traveled into Texas and toward Mexico, at a...