x, 233, [11] pp. Crane's famous work on the American Civil War, which inspired the 1951 MGM film of the same name. This 1900 printing with a photographic frontispiece portrait of the author, and a new preface, was released the same year Crane passed away. "Henry Fleming has joined the Union army because of his romantic ideas of military life, but soon finds himself in the middle of a battle against a regiment of Confederate soldiers. Terrified, Henry deserts his comrades. Upon returning to his regiment, he struggles with his shame as he tries to redeem himself and prove his courage."
