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The Red Badge of Courage

The Red Badge of Courage

Crane, Stephen
Editions, Mint

Paperback

General FictionHistorical Fiction

Publisher Price: $9.99

ISBN13: 9798888976760
Publisher: Mint Editions
Published: Aug 25 2026
Pages: 142
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.34 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

Still a staple in history classrooms to this day, The Red Badge of Courage (1895) is at once a portal to a crucible moment in American history and a lyrical investigation into the origins of shame, bravery, and redemption within the human spirit.

In the face of unrelenting and senseless brutality, why do some people flee while others stand their ground? This question is at the heart of the novel. The narrative follows Private Henry Fleming, a young soldier full of romantic ideals about war and heroism. In the heat of battle, that bravery and heroism melt away to reveal something closer to cowardice and self-preservation. Fleming feels an overwhelming desire to get far away from the bloodshed and never look back, even if that means living with the shame of deserting his comrades. Crane forces the reader to wrestle with this internal dilemma amidst a shockingly realistic depiction of one of the bloodiest conflicts in American history, a conflict whose razor-wire line of morality pitted countryman against countryman and brother against brother.

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