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Ambrose Bierce was a 19th-century American writer. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American author, journalist, and poet. 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. Read more on Wikipedia →

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