Publisher's Synopsis
"The Open Boat" is a short story by American author Stephen Crane (1871-1900). First published in 1897, it was based on Crane's experience of surviving a shipwreck off the coast of Florida earlier that year while traveling to Cuba to work as a newspaper correspondent.ContentsPart I Minor ConflictsThe Open BoatA Man and Some OthersThe Bride comes to Yellow SkyThe Wise MenThe Five White MiceFlanagan and His Short Filibustering AdventureHorsesDeath and the ChildPart II Midnight SketchesAn Experiment in MiseryThe Men in the StormThe Dual that was not FoughtAn Ominous BabyA Great MistakeAn Eloquence of GriefThe AuctionThe Pace of YouthA Detail
