Stephen Crane

The Red Badge of Courage tells the story of Henry Fleming, a young soldier in the Union Army, who flees the battlefield and later returns in shame, seeking to redeem himself by receiving a war wound - a “red badge of courage” - in the conflict....

In these five unabridged short stories, Stephen Crane masterfully depicts the human condition. Through his keen observations of the simple, unnoticed aspects of life, he deftly describes man’s relationship to society, human nature, and the power of transformation....

Vietnam vet and award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti reads Stephen Crane's "An Episode of War". Wars consist of many episodes large and small. This is a small episode that forever changes a man's life....

Two men bury a comrade during the Civil War. The story is told with little emotion. That is until the last shovel full of dirt Is dropped upon the dead comrade's face....

Learn more about the American Civil War by listening to this audiobook....

The Red Badge of Courage is Civil War novel by the author Stephen Crane (1871-1900). The story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who deserts the battlefield. Overcome with shame, he yearns for a wound, a "red badge of courage", to atone for his cowardice....

A Tent in Agony is a humorous story of a man who looked after a tent when his companions went to fetch supplies. He was attacked by a bear and ran into the tent. The bear got entangled as the tent collapsed around it which caused quite a spectacle....

Henry Fleming is a young man who feels the draw of the glory to be found on the battlefield....

'The Open Boat' is probably Stephen Crane's best known and most admired story. It tells the adventure of four sailors who are sole survivors of a shipwreck at sea....

This powerful psychological study of a young soldier's struggle with the internal and external horrors that war unleashes will strike listeners with its undeniable realism....

The weapons of war have changed throughout the years, but its effect on those who witness it close up has not....

One of the great war novels, The Red Badge of Courage describes the first experience of front-line combat through the eyes of a young recruit...

An army lieutenant concentrates on rationing out his company's supply of coffee, meticulously dividing the brown squares before him, when a shot rings out....

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane tells the story of the American Civil War through the eyes of a Union Army soldier, Henry Fleming....

This masterpiece of the Civil War searches the emotions of a raw recruit thrown into battle totally unaware of the ferocity and horror awaiting him....

Eighteen-year-old Henry Fleming is a private in the Union Army's 304th New York Regiment. Having enlisted despite his mother's protest, Henry internally questions if his bravery will hold true....

Bored with farm life, and anxious for some excitement, Henry Fleming sets off to join the Union troops fighting the Civil War....

The Civil War was among the bloodiest conflicts in American History. For Henry Fleming, a teenaged romantic filled with idealistic notions, the reality of the battlefield shakes him to his core....

This short story by Stephen Crane and narrated by Glenn Hascall portrays a veteran of the Civil War accompanied by his grandson in a grocery store where the veteran admits that yes he was frightened when in battle....

Edmond O'Brien reads the 1895 war novel by Stephen Crane. Considered one of the most influential works in American literature it features a young recruit in the American Civil War who is faced by the cruelty of war....