Stephen Crane (1871-1900)
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j BACKGROUND
Raised the youngest of fourteen children in a family in New Jersey
Attended Syracuse University
Played baseball through his university years
j CAREER
Moved to New York and became a journalist
Wrote novels and short stories
Worked as a newspaper correspondent in the Greco-Turkish War in 1897 and the Spanish-American War in 1898 and contracted tuberculosis
j WORKS
The Red Badge of Courage
"The Open Boat"
"Three Miraculous Soldiers"
"War is Kind"
j QUOTE
"War changes many things but not everything--thank God."
j SIGNIFICANCE
Wrote realistic stories and novels about war
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