The Devil’s Dictionary

Now the Tax Man Cometh

By buckeyemuse | April 16, 2014

“Houseless: adj., Having paid all taxes on household goods.” Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary. (In the United States, all state and federal taxes are due on the 15th of April). Patrick Kerin

Ambrose Bierce: What He Saw of Shiloh–April 6-7, 1862

By buckeyemuse | April 7, 2014 |

On this date in 1862, American writer Ambrose Bierce participated in the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee. Bierce is one of a handful of noted authors from either side to have served in the American Civil War. Bierce and Connecticut novelist John William DeForest were probably the two distinguished writers on the Union side to…

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