That strange creative genius, Ambrose Bierce, published approximately 800 pieces of verse in a lifetime of writing. Much of it is satire involving many who were celebrities on the West Coast. A modicum remains of real poetry -- compact, powerful, and -- quite unexpectedly -- tender with a tenderness not usually associated with "The Devil's Lexicographer".This collection retains that hard core of real poetry, together with a sampling from the better pieces of his satirical verse, which bring notice to Bierce's fine qualities as a poet and to his influence on other West Coast poets.
- ISBN10 0937986526
- ISBN13 9780937986523
- Publish Date 1 December 1980
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 March 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Donald M. Grant Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 110
- Language English