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Hippocampus Press - Collected fiction volume 3: tall tales and satirical sketches; political fantasies and future histories, paperback/ambrose bierce

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Ambrose Bierce 's satirical flair is most prevalent in his tall tales and similar sketches, where all manner of human foibles are lampooned: the excesses of the press; the corruption endemic in business; the absurdities of class distinctions; and so on.

Several tales depict buffooneries on the open sea (The Jeannette and the Corwin, The History of Windbag the Sailor), while others expose the crudities of life in the American West (A Mirage in Arizona).