Ambrose Bierce (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
Biography
Ambrose Bierce was born in Horse Cave Creek, in Meigs County, Ohio, on June 24, 1842, to Laura and Marcus Aurelius Bierce. When Bierce was four years old, the family moved to northern Indiana, and it was there that the writer grew up. He inherited an interest in books from his father and was instructed in religion by his mother.
A career in journalism and an involvement and interest in things military began early for Bierce. He left home at fifteen and worked as a printer's devil for two years for a local newspaper. At seventeen he entered the Kentucky...
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