The Red Badge of Courage

    (Puffin, 2005)
™ and © Byron Preiss Visual Publications

War is ugly and the Civil War, in which Americans fought with and killed each other, was uglier still. Steven Crane’s classic novel, a staple of most grade schools, goes inside the war to present the story of one young soldier and the horror he encounters, presenting the triumphs and tragedies of the battlefield through his conflicted eyes. Part of him longs to return home to a simpler life. Will he? Or will he stay and earn the so-called red badge of courage that so many of his fellow soldiers wear… and die for.

This adaptation uses words and pictures to faithfully present the horror of war while also showing the battles fought, both internally and externally, by the young men who wage it. This Wayne Vansant work is one of a series of adaptations of classic novels from Puffin Graphics.

— Andy Richardson
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