{"product_id":"maggie-a-girl-of-the-streets-and-selected-stories-9780451529985","title":"Maggie, a Girl of the Streets and Selected Stories","description":"Published in 1893, \u003ci\u003eMaggie: A Girl of the Streets\u003c\/i\u003e shocked a world unprepared for its grim and starkly realistic exploration of a pretty young girl's fall on New York's Bowery, and its critical depiction of the irresponsibility of men toward women. The five other stories in this collection are tales of quiet tension and raw intensity. From the local color of small-town life to the bustle of the city to war stories imbued with an ironic view of heroism, these stories are brilliantly constructed, extraordinarily lyrical, and psychologically penetrating. As a whole, this masterful collection demonstrates the unique and stunning genius of Stephen Crane and makes up an enduring testimony to one of America's finest writers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdited and with an Introduction by Alfred Kazin and an Afterword by Tom Wolfe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16154655\"\u003eStephen Crane\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Signet Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Mass Market Paperbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.84h x 4.30w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780451529985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0451529987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC004000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntense, volatile, and spontaneous, \u003cb\u003eStephen Crane\u003c\/b\u003e (1871-1900) expended himself in a frenzied search for experiences about which to write. While attending Syracuse University, he finished the first draft of \u003ci\u003eMaggie: A Girl of the Streets\u003c\/i\u003e, leaving to become a freelance writer in New York. In 1895, the young author, who had never seen a battle, published \u003ci\u003eThe Red Badge of Courage\u003c\/i\u003e, the extraordinary revelation of the mind and heart of a Civil War recruit. This book made Crane famous and established his reputation as a war correspondent. Pursuing a career as a journalist, Crane traveled to Greece to cover the war with Turkey and to Cuba to report on the Spanish-American War. His experience being shipwrecked led to the short story \"The Open Boat.\" He died of tuberculosis at Badenweiler, Germany. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in Brooklyn, \u003cb\u003e Alfred Kazin\u003c\/b\u003e (1915-98) was a prolific literary critic and social historian whose reputation was established early with the publication of \u003ci\u003eOn Native Grounds: An Interpretation of Modern American Prose Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (1942). Among his many other acclaimed books are his trilogy of memoirs: \u003ci\u003eA Walker in the City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Starting Out in the Thirties\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e New York Jew\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1996, he was awarded the first Truman Capote Lifetime Achievement Award in Literary Criticism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Wolfe\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Richmond, Virginia, and was educated at Washington and Lee and Yale universities. He began his career as a reporter on the Springfield (Massachusetts) \u003ci\u003eUnion\u003c\/i\u003e and served as the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e's Latin American correspondent, winning the Washington Newspaper Guild's foreign news prize for his coverage of Cuba. In 1962, he became a reporter for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby\u003c\/i\u003e (1965), established Wolfe as a leading figure in what became known as New Journalism. Subsequent nonfiction bestsellers include \u003ci\u003eThe Pump House Gang \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test\u003c\/i\u003e (both 1968), \u003ci\u003eRadical Chic \u0026amp; Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers \u003c\/i\u003e(1970) and \u003ci\u003eThe Right Stuff\u003c\/i\u003e (1979), which won the American Book Award for Nonfiction. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Bonfire of the Vanities\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), \u003ci\u003eA Man in Full\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003ci\u003eI Am Charlotte Simmons\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), and \u003ci\u003eBack to Blood\u003c\/i\u003e (2012).","brand":"Signet Book","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44702627922157,"sku":"9780451529985","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_0aa36f2b-ba1e-4c63-b1f9-8fc43cc02b62.jpg?v=1754410169","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/maggie-a-girl-of-the-streets-and-selected-stories-9780451529985","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}