{"_id":"6378a90af4debc21ae8a371a","title":"A Son of the Gods","author":"Ambrose Bierce","code":"a-son-of-the-gods","words":2669,"publish_year":1888,"publish_source":"San Fransisco Examiner","publish_edition":"Jul 29","image":"civilwar.jpg","image_alt":"A soldier next to a cannon. Graphite filter.","genres":["war"],"blurb":"The soldier never becomes wholly familiar with the conception of his foes as men like himself; he cannot divest himself of the feeling that they are another order of beings, differently conditioned, in an environment not altogether of the earth.","description":"A walking army cannot advance till a young soldier can scout ahead over the hill. It the way is safe he will come back down, but if it is not the entire army will witness him executed by the ambush.","rating":4,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}