Unraveling the mysteries of San Francisco with the writer who brought Ambrose Bierce back to life
Scott Thomas Anderson January 27, 2021Updated: January 31, 2021, 7:06 pm Ambrose Bierce was a San Francisco journalist in the late 19th century. His “The Devil’s Dictionary” codified the template for a satirical dictionary. Photo: Bancroft Library On a summer night in 1870, Ambrose Bierce began a newspaper column about a corpse discovered in an alley of Chinatown. “The body was found partially concealed under a paving-stone which imbedded in the head,” he jotted for the San Francisco News Letter. “A crowbar was driven through the abdomen and one arm was riven from its...
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