Table of Contents

Introduction
Editor's Note
Crane Chronology
Part One: The World of Maggie
The Maggie Inscription to Hamlin Garland
A Letter from Stephen Crane to Catherine Harris
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
A Great Mistake
An Ominous Baby
A Dark-Brown Dog
George's Mother
The Men in the Storm
An Experiment in Misery
An Experiment in Luxury
Heard on the Street Election Night
Above All Things
Part Two: The World of Henry Fleming
A Letter from Stephen Crane to Mrs. Olive Brett Armstrong
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
An Episode of War
The Veteran
Part Three: A World of Shipwreck
A Letter from Stephen Crane to Cora E. Stewart
Stephen Crane's Own Story
Flanagan and His Short Filibustering Adventure
The Open Boat
Part Four: A World of Ironies
A Letter from Stephen Crane to Lily Brandon Monroe
A Letter from Stephen Crane to Willis Brooks Hawkins
Two Letters from Stephen Crane to Nellie Crouse
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
The Five White Mice
The Blue Hotel
The Monster
His New Mittens
The Knife
Part Five: A World in Miniature
A Letter from Stephen Crane to Copeland & Day
A Letter from Stephen Crane to De Morest's Family Magazine
From The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895)
From the Uncollected Poems
From War Is Kind (1899)
From the Posthumously PUblished Poems
A Prologue

About the Author

Stephen Crane (1871-1900) was active as a reporter around the world in addition to being an acclaimed novelist.