{"product_id":"the-red-badge-of-courage-the-veteran-9780679783206","title":"The Red Badge of Courage \u0026 the Veteran","description":"One of the greatest works of American literature, \u003ci\u003eThe Red Badge of Courage\u003c\/i\u003e gazes fearlessly into the bright hell of war through the eyes of one young soldier, the reluctant Henry Fleming. Written by Stephen Crane at the age of twenty-one, the novel imagines the Civil War's terror and loss with an unblinking vision so modern and revolutionary that, upon publication, critics hailed it as a work of literary genius. Ernest Hemingway declared, \"There was no real literature of our Civil War . . . until Stephen Crane wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Red Badge of Courage.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Modern Library Paperback Classics edition includes the short story \"The Veteran,\" Crane's tale of an aged Civil War soldier looking back at his past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-580338\"\u003eStephen Crane\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679783206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679783202\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-FIC032000\"\u003eWar \u0026amp; Military\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\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Crane\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1871, in Newark, New Jersey. He attempted college twice, the second time failing a theme-writing course while writing articles for newspapers such as the \u003ci\u003eNew York Tribune. \u003c\/i\u003eIn 1892 Crane moved to the poverty of New York City's Lower East Side--the Bowery so vividly depicted in \u003ci\u003eMaggie: A Girl of the Streets\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1894 the serial publication began of \u003ci\u003eThe Red Badge of Courage\u003c\/i\u003e, his acclaimed and widely popular novel of a young soldier's coming of age in the Civil War. He died in Germany at the age of twenty-eight, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein June of 1900. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShelby Foote\u003c\/b\u003e was an American historian and novelist. He was born on November 7, 1916, in Greenville, Mississippi, and attended school there until he entered the University of North Carolina. During World War II he served as a captain of field artillery but never saw combat. After World War II he worked briefly for the Associated Press in their New York bureau. In 1953 he moved to Memphis, where he lived for the remainder of his life.Foote was the author of six novels: \u003ci\u003eTournament\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFollow Me Down\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLove in a Dry Season\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShiloh\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJordan County, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSeptember, September\u003c\/i\u003e. He is best remembered for his 3-volume history \u003ci\u003eThe Civil War: A Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e, which took twenty years to complete and resulted in his being a featured expert in Ken Burns' acclaimed PBS documentary, \u003ci\u003e The Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e. Over the course of his writing career, Foote was also awarded three Guggenheim fellowships.Shelby Foote died in 2005 at the age of 88.","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42683366965485,"sku":"9780679783206","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_235d1ac5-a7fd-42aa-858a-450044481dc3.jpg?v=1649742501","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-red-badge-of-courage-the-veteran-9780679783206","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}