Month: October 2013

  • Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, 1842-1913

    Ambrose Bierce, a western American, writer and a participant in the American Civil War wrote, in 1900; The bullet that pierced Goebel’s breast Can not be found in all the West; Good reason, it is speeding here To stretch McKinley on his bier. Goebel was the Governor of Kentucky, assassinated before his term could transpire,…