The Open Boat and Other Stories

Four prized selections by one of America's greatest writers: «The Open Boat,» based on a harrowing incident in the author's life: the 1897 sinking of a ship on which he was a passenger; «The Blue Hotel» and «The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky,» reflecting Crane's early travels in Mexico and the American Southwest; and the novella Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, a galvanizing portrait of life in the slums of New York City.