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    An Affair of Outposts

    By Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce

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    Ambrose Bierce’s “An Affair of Outposts” mixes melodrama with graphic combat writing to tell the story of an ill-fated love triangle. Betrayed by his wife, a young man with southern sympathies requests a commission in the Union Army from the Governor of his State. The Governor is reluctant but the man convinces him he “wishes to be dead”. When the governor visits the regiment during a battle, the young captain dies saving his life. The ending is classic Bierce, with an ironic twist that reveals the deeper drama underlying the story.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateSep 18, 2018
    ISBN9781974928309
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    Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce

    Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842 – 1914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and Civil War veteran. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States, and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction.

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