Title: The Major's Tale
Title Record # 1282405
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Date: 1890-01-05
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Ambrose Bierce
Date: 1890-01-05
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in the San Francisco Examiner as "A Practical Joke: Major Broadwood Recalls the Heroic Past," January 5, 1890.
Synopsis: Some soldiers play a joke on one of their number, Haberton, who boasts about being a ladies' man, by getting the pretty young soldier Arman to dress up as a woman and flirt with Haberton.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | 1970-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Doubleday | 496 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Alex Gotfryd | |||
| The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: The World of War and the World of Tall Tales | 1971-11-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Ballantine Books | 0-345-02449-4 | $0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xix+ 298 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | John Holmes | |
| The Best of Ambrose Bierce | 1984-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Castle / Book Sales | 0-89009-798-4 |
vi+ 484 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | |||
| The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | 1984-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | 0-8032-6071-7 | 496 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Marvin Cone | ||
| The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce | 1988-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Picador / Pan Books (Picador Classics) | 0-330-29802-X | £6.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
xix+ 810 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Robin Harris | |
| Horror Story 7 | 1991-06-00 | ed. uncredited | Garden Editoriale (Horror Story #7) | Lit 8,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
288 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Steve Crisp | ||
| Ambrose Bierce: Masters of the Weird Tale | 2012-07-17 | Ambrose Bierce | Centipede Press (Masters of the Weird Tale) | 978-1-61347-015-2 | $350.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
600 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | date unknown | Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | 978-0-8032-6071-9 | $18.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
496 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Marvin Cone |