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Author Information: Stephen Crane

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11/1/1871 - 6/5/1900

Stephen Crane was born in New Jersey and raised in upstate New York. As a New York City reporter, he wrote his novel Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, but could not find a publisher for it. Without any first-hand knowledge of war, he wrote The Red Badge of Courage, which made him famous. He later reported on combat in Greece and Cuba.

Omnibus Volumes:

Four Classic American Novels: The Scarlet Letter; Huckleberry Finn; The Red Badge of Courage; Billy Budd (1969)

Anthologies:

Short Story Masterpieces (1954)
Short Shorts (1982)
Westeryear: Stories About the West, Past and Present (1988)
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories (1993)
Oxford Book of American Short Stories, the (1994)
American Gothic (1997)
Master's Choice (1999)
New Roger Caras Treasury of Great Horse Stories, the (1999)
Mammoth Book of Sword and Honour, the (2000)
Gripping Yarns (2008)

Novels:

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893)
Red Badge of Courage, the (1895)

Short Stories:

Episode of War, an (1902)

Novelettes:

Open Boat, the (1897)

Series:

Oxford Books of Prose
Mammoth Anthologies