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Reenactment of artillery firing during Civil War battle

The Most “Realistic” Civil War Novel Was Written Three Decades After It Ended

Source: Smithsonian

Stephen Crane’s novel The Red Badge of Courage is so realistic that readers tend to assume it’s based on his own experiences in the war. Spoiler alert: It isn’t.

This entry was posted in The Move Toward Freedom and tagged Arts & Entertainment on February 1, 2020 by Mikki Gibson.

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