Before his untimely death at the age of 28, Stephen Crane produced the most innovative writing of his generation. Begun when he was just 21, The Red Badge of Courage is the powerful story of a young Union soldier under fire for the first time. It remains our greatest novel of the Civil War and a major contribution to the literature of war in English.

Robert Stone is the best-selling author of seven novels, including A Flag For Sunrise, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Damascus Gate, a finalist for the National Book Award; and Dog Soldiers, which won the National Book Award.