Letters of Ambrose Bierce [manuscript], 1911-1912.

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Letters of Ambrose Bierce [manuscript], 1911-1912.

The collection contains three friendly notes and fragments to a Mrs. Beckman, and a letter to his future biographer Walter Neale thanking him for an explanation and offering to soothe an angered artist.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7921496

University of Virginia. Library

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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...

Beckman, Mrs.,

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Neale, Walter, 1873-1933

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President of The Neale Publishing Company of New York, N.Y. From the description of Letters, 1906. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522041 ...