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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.4 EAN: 9781416500254 ISBN: 1416500251 Label: Pocket Manufacturer: Pocket Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: April 26, 2005 Publisher: Pocket Studio: Pocket Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP The story of a young soldier's quest for manhood during the American Civil War. • A concise introduction that gives readers important background information • A chronology of the author's life and work • A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context • An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations • Detailed explanatory notes • Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work • Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction • A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Your typical war novelThe story centers on a Henry Fleming, the protagonist, who matures from the inexperienced soldier, to the more quiet mature man. Initially, Fleming believes war to be glorious and honorable -the perfect test for courage, and thus enlists for the Union army. However, after fleeing from his first battle, Fleming realizes his own cowardice. He encounters a tattered man, whom he abandons eventually and even witnesses his friend's death. Walking further, he notices a regiment after fighting, each having ... Read More Rating:  - One of the great novels written about warI read this book in school as a kid and I recently picked it up and read it again. It is a short work and only takes a few hours to read through. The style is definitely of the 19th century and you need to read it slowly and carefully to understand the nuances of the description and inner dialogs. Taking the time to do so is vastly rewarding-this is truly a great psycho-historical novel. The setting is never explicitly stated by the author but historians agree it was during the disastrous ... Read More Rating: - Very good story with interesting descriptionsMark LA-7 The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane is a very interesting and well-written novel that I enjoyed reading. It is about a boy's physical and mental journey during the Civil War. The boy, Henry Fleming, starts out as a cowardly child who wants to join the war and turns into a courageous man. There are many things that happen to him that cause this change. The book begins with Henry already in the army reminiscing about enlisting against his mother's will. After he ... Read More 
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