The Red Badge of Courage is an 1895 war novel by American author Stephen Crane. The novel was published on 3 October 1895. Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young privat
First book edition cover of The Red Badge of Courage (1895)
Stephen Crane in 1894; print of a portrait by artist and friend Corwin K. Linson
Historical marker in Port Jervis, New York, commemorating Crane
Stephen Crane was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturali
The Red Badge of Courage
…The Red Badge of Courage is an 1895 war novel by American author Stephen Crane. The novel was published on 3 October 1895. Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry…
Formal portrait of Stephen Crane, about March 1896
Cadet Crane in uniform at the age of 17
Stephen Crane (front row, center) sits with baseball teammates on the steps of the Hall of Languages, Syracuse University, 1891. (Photo courtesy of the SU Special Collections Research Center)
A steam train on the Third Avenue El over the Bowery in 1896