The red badge of courage an episode of the American Civil War

A book containing two versions of a classic Civil War novel. One is the abridged version which ran as a newspaper serial in 1894, the other is the full version which appeared as a book a year later. With a comparative introduction.

Main Author: Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: McLean, VA : IndyPublish.com, [2002?]
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Summary: A book containing two versions of a classic Civil War novel. One is the abridged version which ran as a newspaper serial in 1894, the other is the full version which appeared as a book a year later. With a comparative introduction.
Physical Description: 133 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 1404327487
9781404327481
Author Notes: Stephen Crane authored novels, short stories, and poetry, but is best known for his realistic war fiction. Crane was a correspondent in the Greek-Turkish War and the Spanish American War, penning numerous articles, war reports and sketches. His most famous work, The Red Badge of Courage (1896), portrays the initial cowardice and later courage of a Union soldier in the Civil War. In addition to six novels, Crane wrote over a hundred short stories including "The Blue Hotel," "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," and "The Open Boat." His first book of poetry was The Black Riders (1895), ironic verse in free form. Crane wrote 136 poems.

Crane was born November 1, 1871, in Newark, New Jersey. After briefly attending Lafayette College and Syracuse University, he became a freelance journalist in New York City. He published his first novel, Maggie: Girl of the Streets, at his own expense because publishers found it controversial: told with irony and sympathy, it is a story of the slum girl driven to prostitution and then suicide.

Crane died June 5, 1900, at age 28 from tuberculosis.

(Bowker Author Biography)