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Contains:
In the Midst of Life
Soldiers
"A Horseman in the Sky"
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
"Chickamauga"
"A Son of the Gods"
"One of the Missing"
"Killed at Resaca"
"The Affair at Coulter's Notch"
"The Coup de Grâce"
"Parker Adderson, Philosopher"
"An Affair of Outposts"
"The Story of a Conscience"
"One Kind of Officer"
"One Officer, One Man"
"George Thurston"
"The Mocking-Bird"
Civilians
"The Man Out of the Nose"
"An Adventure at Brownville"
"The Famous Gilson Bequest"
"The Applicant"
Watcher by the Dead
"The Man and the Snake"
"A Holy Terror"
"The Suitable Surroundings"
"The Boarded Window"
"An Heiress from Redhorse"
Eyes of the Panther

Can Such Things Be?
The death of Halpin Frayser
The secret of Macarger’s Gulch
One summer night
The moonlit road
A diagnosis of death
Moxon’s master
A tough tussle
One of twins
The haunted valley
A jug of sirup
Staley Fleming’s hallucination
A resumed identity
A baby tramp
The night-doings at “Deadman’s”
Beyond the wall
A psychological shipwreck
The middle toe of the right foot
John Mortonson’s funeral
The realm of the unreal
John Bartine’s watch
The Damned Thing
Haïta the shepherd
An Inhabitant of Carcosa
The Stranger

The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter

Negligible Tales

The Parenticide Club

Publish Date
Publisher
Castle
Language
English
Pages
484

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Table of Contents

IN THE MIDST OF LIFE
TALES OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS
Soldiers
A HORSEMAN IN THE SKY
AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE
CHICKAMAUGA
A SON OF THE GODS
ONE OF THE MISSING
KILLED AT RESACA
THE AFFAIR AT COULTER'S NOTCH
THE COUP DE GRACE
PARKER ADDERSON, PHILOSOPHER
AN AFFAIR OF OUTPOSTS
THE STORY OF A CONSCIENCE
ONE KIND OF OFFICER
ONE OFFICER, ONE MAN
GEORGE THURSTON
THE MOCKING-BIRD
Civilians
THE MAN OUT OF THE NOSE
AN ADVENTURE AT BROWNVILLE
THE FAMOUS GILSON BEQUEST
THE APPLICANT
A WATCHER BY THE DEAD
THE MAN AND THE SNAKE
A HOLY TERROR
THE SUITABLE SURROUNDINGS
THE BOARDED WINDOW
A LADY FROM REDHORSE
THE EYES OF THE PANTHER
CAN SUCH THINGS BE?
THE DEATH OF HALPIN FRAYSER
THE SECRET OF MACARGER'S GULCH
ONE SUMMER NIGHT
THE MOONLIT ROAD
A DIAGNOSIS OF DEATH
MOXON'S MASTER
A TOUGH TUSSLE
ONE OF TWINS
THE HAUNTED VALLEY
A JUG OF SIRUP
STALEY FLEMING'S HALLUCINATION
A RESUMED IDENTITY
A BABY TRAMP
THE NIGHT-DOINGS AT "DEADMAN'S"
BEYOND THE WALL
A PSYCHOLOGICAL SHIPWRECK
THE MIDDLE TOE OF THE RIGHT FOOT
JOHN MORTONSON'S FUNERAL
THE REALM OF THE UNREAL
JOHN BARTINE'S WATCH
THE DAMNED THING
HAiTA THE SHEPHERD
AN INHABITANT OF CARCOSA
THE STRANGER
THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER
NEGLIGIBLE TALES
A BOTTOMLESS GRAVE
JUPITER DORE, BRIGADIER-GENERAL
THE WIDOWER TURMORE
THE CITY OF THE GONE AWAY
THE MAJOR'S TALE
CURRIED COW
A REVOLT OF THE GODS
THE BAPTISM OF DOBSHO
THE RACE AT LEFT BOWER
THE FAILURE OF HOPE & WANDEL
PERRY CHUMLY'S ECLIPSE
A PROVIDENTIAL INTIMATION
MR. SWIDDLER'S FLIP-FLAP
THE LITTLE STORY
THE PARENTICIDE CLUB
MY FAVORITE MURDER
OIL OF DOG
AN IMPERFECT CONFLAGRATION
THE HYPNOTIST

Edition Notes

Copyright Date
1946

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS1097 .A6 1984

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
484 p. ;
Number of pages
484

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24974378M
Internet Archive
bestofambrosebie00bier
ISBN 10
0890097984
ISBN 13
9780890097984
OCLC/WorldCat
11441151
Goodreads
47791597

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