Crane, Stephen

The Red Badge of Courage, The Open Boat, The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, The Blue Hotel, The Five White Mice, The Second Generation, An Episode of War, A Mystery of Heroism, The Upturned Face, The Little Regiment, Three Miraculous Soldiers, and Death and the Child.

The strain of war is apparent in this psychological story of a boy who moves from cowardice to courage in the Civil War.

The story of Henry Fleming and his initiation into manhood as a Union Army recruit during the Civil War.

During his service in the Civil War, a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war.