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An edition of In the Midst of Life. Tales of Civilians (1891)

Tales of soldiers and civilians

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A collection of 26 stories:

Soldiers (15 stories)
"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 (11 stories)
"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"
The Eyes of the Panther


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Kent State University Press
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English
Pages
222

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History, Fiction, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Classic Literature, Short Stories, hanging, Confederacy, Union, American Short stories, American fiction, manners and customs, literature, American literature, werepanthers, spirit possession, panthers, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Juvenile audience, civil war, American Civil War, Confederate States of America, first-person narrative, lynx, owls, Verhalen, Illustraties, Amerikaans, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction, Fiction, horror, Fiction, war & military, Supernatural, American Horror tales, American War stories, Soldiers, Paranormal fiction, United States Civil War, horror tales, horror, inquests, coroners, mountain lions, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction, Horror tales, American, War stories, American, Shorts

People

Peyton Farquhar, Irene Marlowe, Jenner Brenning, Charles Marlowe, Dr. Helberson, Dr. Mancher, Hugh Morgan, William Harker

Places

United States, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, San Francisco, Carcosa, Macarger's Gulch

Times

19th century, 1861-65, 1861-1865, 1860s

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Table of Contents

Soldiers --
A Horseman in the Sky --
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge --
Chickamauga --
A Son of the Gods --
One of the Missing --
The Affair at Coulter's Notch --
A Tough Tussle --
The Coup de Gr?ce --
Parker Adderson, Philosopher and Wit --
Civilians --
Watcher by the Dead --
The Man and the Snake --
A Holy Terror --
The Suitable Surroundings --
An Inhabitant of Carcosa --
The Boarded Window --
The Middle Toe of the Right Foot --
Ha?ta, the Shepherd --
An Heiress from Redhorse.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 222).

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Kent, Ohio
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.4
Library of Congress
PS1097 .T3 2004, PS1097.T3 2003

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxii, 222 p. ;
Number of pages
222

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3676834M
ISBN 10
0873387899, 0873387775
LCCN
2003015267
OCLC/WorldCat
52706403
LibraryThing
444539
Goodreads
2905470
25664

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OL7973293W

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