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Table of Contents

  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. Preface to the First Edition
  4. In the Midst of Life
    1. Soldiers
      1. A Horseman in the Sky
        1. I
        2. II
        3. III
        4. IV
      2. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
        1. I
        2. II
        3. III
      3. Chickamauga
      4. A Son of the Gods
      5. One of the Missing
      6. Killed at Resaca
      7. The Affair at Coulters Notch
      8. The Coup de Grâce
      9. Parker Adderson, Philosopher
      10. An Affair of Outposts
        1. I: Concerning the Wish to Be Dead
        2. II: How to Say What Is Worth Hearing
        3. III: The Fighting of One Whose Heart Was Not in the Quarrel
        4. IV: The Great Honor the Great
      11. The Story of a Conscience
        1. I
        2. II
        3. III
        4. IV
      12. One Kind of Officer
        1. I: Of the Uses of Civility
        2. II: Under What Circumstances Men Do Not Wish to Be Shot
        3. III: How to Play the Cannon Without Notes
        4. IV: To Introduce General Masterson
        5. V: How Sounds Can Fight Shadows
        6. VI: Why, Being Affronted by A, It Is Not Best to Affront B
      13. One Officer, One Man
      14. George Thurston
      15. The Mockingbird
    2. Civilians
      1. The Man Out of the Nose
      2. An Adventure at Brownville
      3. The Famous Gilson Bequest
      4. The Applicant
      5. A Watcher by the Dead
        1. I
        2. II
        3. III
        4. IV
      6. The Man and the Snake
        1. I
        2. II
        3. III
        4. IV
      7. A Holy Terror
        1. I
        2. II
        3. III
        4. IV
        5. V
      8. The Suitable Surroundings
        1. The Night
        2. The Day Before
        3. The Day After
      9. The Boarded Window
      10. A Lady from Redhorse
      11. The Eyes of the Panther
        1. I: One Does Not Always Marry When Insane
        2. II: A Room May Be Too Narrow for Three, Though One Is Outside
        3. III: The Theory of the Defense
        4. IV: An Appeal to the Conscience of God
  5. Colophon
  6. Uncopyright

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