| The Red Badge of Courage Original Edition Contributor(s): Crane, Stephen (Author), Murphy, Jim (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0689878354 ISBN-13: 9780689878350 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2005 Annotation: Although he never witnessed warfare before writing this story, Stephen Crane penned this realistic and terrifying account of the Civil War, describing the fear that a young soldier must face on the battlefield as well as within himself. Young Adult. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004107439 |
| Lexile Measure: 900 |
| Series: Aladdin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.6" W x 7.34" (0.39 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Catalog Heading - Classics - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 715 Reading Level: 8.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written by Stephen Crane at the age of twenty-one, The Red Badge of Courage is one of the greatest war novels of all time -- so groundbreaking that critics consider it to be the first work of modern American fiction. Although Crane never witnessed warfare, The Red Badge of Courage is a realistic and terrifying account of the Civil War and the fear that a young soldier must face on the battlefield as well as within himself. |
Contributor Bio(s): Crane, Stephen: - Stephen Crane (1871-1900) was born in New Jersey and was the last of fourteen children. While The Red Badge of Courage is considered Crane's masterpiece, he is also known for another brilliant yet grim work of fiction, Maggie, A Girl of the Streets (1893), as well as his poetry and journalism. Crane moved to Europe in 1897 and died in Germany at the age of twenty-nine from tuberculosis.Murphy, Jim: - Jim Murphy has written two Newbery Honor books: An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 (which was also a National Book Award finalist) and The Great Fire. He lives in New Jersey. Visit his Web site at www.jimmurphybooks.com. |