Ambrose Bierce was a Civil War veteran, journalist, and master of the macabre whose razor-sharp pen made him both feared and admired. In 1913, at seventy-one yearsold, he left the United States for war-torn Mexico—and vanished. This episode traces Bierce’s journey from log cabin childhood to battlefield survivor, from satirical journalist to literary legend, before diving into one of the greatestmysteries in American history: what became of Ambrose Bierce?

Source MaterialsIntroduction to A Sole Survivor: Bits of Autobiography by Ambrose Bierce

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Disappearance of Ambrose Bierce - Historic Mysteries

Ambrose Bierce, Hoosier author and Civil War vet, vanished in Mexico

Carey McWilliams. Ambrose Bierce: A Biography. New York: Albert and Charles Boni, 1929.

 S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz. Ambrose Bierce: The Devil’s Lexicographer. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2002.