Ambrose Bierce: A Strange Writer

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Ambrose Bierce: A Strange Writer Ambrose Bierce was born on June 24, 1842 and died in the year of 1914 in Mexico. He was an American writer, poet, and journalist. His death is a mystery. The people in his time period reported that he disappeared without a trace. All investigations were proven wrong and people at that time period came up with many stories that other people found incredible and false. Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio, OH. At one point, he lived in San Francisco. Bierce’s parents were in poverty and weren’t well off with money, however they enjoyed reading. And that is how Ambrose Bierce had a deep love and connection for reading and writing. Ambrose Bierce was the tenth child out of thirteen children. His parents were

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