| The Open Boat and Other Stories Contributor(s): Crane, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1544297688 ISBN-13: 9781544297682 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.68 lbs) 228 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "The Open Boat" is a short story by American author Stephen Crane (1871-1900). First published in 1897, it was based on Crane's experience of surviving a shipwreck off the coast of Florida earlier that year while traveling to Cuba to work as a newspaper correspondent. Crane was stranded at sea for thirty hours when his ship, the SS Commodore, sank after hitting a sandbar. He and three other men were forced to navigate their way to shore in a small boat; one of the men, an oiler named Billie Higgins, drowned after the boat overturned. A volume titled The Open Boat and Other Tales of Adventure was published in the United States in 1898; an edition entitled The Open Boat and Other Stories was published simultaneously in England. About the Author: American author Stephen Crane began writing early in life, and was already a published author by the age of sixteen. |