(He was seventy-one years old, after all.) In January 1913 he transferred to his daughter Helen the ownership of a lot in the St. Traven, author of the 1927 novel The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.īefore he began his travels, Bierce certainly seemed to be a man settling affairs for a long journey-or for good. Among the more sensational claims is an old rumor that Bierce had re-emerged a decade later in Mexico City as the mysterious writer B. questions the idea that Bierce ever went to Mexico at all and advances another popular theory: that he committed suicide, perhaps by shooting himself while staying in the Grand Canyon. A number of scholars believe he may have been killed at the Battle of Ojinaga, won by Pancho Villa on January 11, 1914. Since then, a multitude of theories have been advanced, many of them beyond the realm of possibility. He was reported to have crossed the border into Mexico in late December 1913-and was neither seen nor heard from again. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.Ī century ago Ambrose Bierce carried out (intentionally or not) one of the most legendary disappearing acts in the history of literature. Previous Story of the Week selections by Ambrose BierceĪmbrose Bierce: The Devil’s Dictionary, Tales, & Memoirsĭetail from portrait of Ambrose Bierce by British painter John Herbert Evelyn Partington (1843–1899), whose daughter Blanche received the last known letter sent by Bierce before he disappeared. “ Devil in the Details: Why is ‘Talented Amateur Historian’ Leon Day obsessed with the death of Ambrose Bierce?” (James McWilliams, Austin Chronicle)įree video: Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, 1962 film by Robert Enrico winner of the 1963 Academy Award for Best Short, it aired as Twilight Zone episode #142 in 1964 ( Like Television)
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