Book description
Henry Fleming dreams of the thrill of battle and performing heroic
deeds in the American Civil War. But his illusions are shattered when
he comes face to face with the bloodshed and horrors of war. Now he's
a raw recruit, Henry experiences both fear and self-doubt. Will war
make Henry a coward or a hero?
A vivid fictionalised account of the experiences of an ordinary
innocent young soldier on the battlefields of the American Civil War,
introduced by American writer, illustrator and historian, Wendell Minor.
Stephen Crane (1871-1900), American novelist, poet, and short-story
writer, best known for his novels Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893)
and The Red Badge of Courage (1895) and the short stories "The Open
Boat," "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," and "The
Blue Hotel."
