THE ATHENAEUMAn Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeAmbrose Bierce
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textA man stands on a railway bridge in Alabama with a noose around his neck, and the rope breaks. Bierce, who fought in the Civil War himself, tells the rest in a handful of pages. Do not skip to the end.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 15 minutes
- Where to find it
- The Evening Room
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #375. In the public domain in the United States.