| The Open Boat: and Other Stories Contributor(s): Crane, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1543224687 ISBN-13: 9781543224689 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6" W x 9" (0.54 lbs) 178 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1897, "The Open Boat" is a short story by American author Stephen Crane. It was based on Crane's experience of surviving a shipwreck off the coast of Florida earlier that year while traveling to Cuba to work as a newspaper correspondent. Crane was stranded at sea for thirty hours when his ship, the SS Commodore, sank after hitting a sandbar. He and three other men were forced to navigate their way to shore in a small boat; one of the men, an oiler named Billie Higgins, drowned after the boat overturned. Crane's personal account of the shipwreck and the men's survival, titled "Stephen Crane's Own Story", was first published a few days after his rescue. |