(026966) Stallman, R. W. Stephen Crane: A Biography. New York: George Braziller, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 664 pages. Fine in Good DJ. B&W Illustrations. DJ has some chips, edgewear and repaired tearing at top os spine. Crane (1871-1900) briefly attended college before moving to New York City. His Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893) , a sympathetic study of a slum girl's descent into prostitution, was a milestone of literary naturalism. He achieved international fame with his masterwork, The Red Badge of Courage (1895) , depicting the psychological turmoil of a young Civil War soldier, and with his first book of poems, The Black Riders (1895) . He died at 28 of tuberculosis (Crane, Stephen, Authors)
