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The Open Boat by Stephen Crane is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Open Boat about?
"The Open Boat" is a short story by American author Stephen Crane. 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. Crane was stranded at sea for thirty hours when his ship sank after hitting a sandbar. He and three other men were forced to navigate their way to shore in a small boat. Crane's personal account of the shipwreck and the men's survival, titled "Stephen Crane's Own Story", was first published a few days after his rescue. Stephen Crane (1871-1900) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet who is often called the first modern American writer. Crane was a correspondent in the Greek-Turkish War and the Spanish American War, penning numerous articles, war reports and sketches. In addition to six novels, Crane wrote over a hundred short stories including "The Blue Hotel," "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," and "The Open Boat."
Who reads The Open Boat?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Stephen Crane
- Publisher
- Musaicum Books
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9788027233670
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3.65 / 5 (74 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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