The Red Badge of Courage and Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

While in his twenties, Crane (1871-1900) wrote hundreds of articles, stories, and poems, as well as half a dozen novels, including Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893), a book so scandalous he initially had to publish it himself. The Red Badge of Courage (1895), his most enduring work, has influenced novelists - and war correspondents - since it first appeared.