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This short story by Ambrose Bierce is set during the American Civil War. It describes a Confederate sympathizer named Peyton Farquhar who is caught interfering with a railroad bridge and sentenced to hanging by the Union army. As he stands on the bridge with a noose around his neck, he hallucinates that he survives the hanging and escapes. However, it is revealed that his experience of survival was just a dream as he died from the hanging. The story is told in three parts and leaves the reader questioning w

Author

Luis Astete

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