Stephen Crane: Sullivan County Tales and Sketches

The Purple Mountain Press reprint of R. W. Stallman’s 1968 edition, with a new preface by John Conway — published in Fleischmanns, NY, right in the Catskill country Crane wrote about. A very readable copy in bright condition. Appealing to hikers, local history readers, and Crane enthusiasts who want the text without the first-edition price.

Published by arrangement with Iowa State University Press. These are Crane's earliest published works, sketch journalism he wrote for New York newspapers in the early 1890s set in the Sullivan County landscape he called home. Raw, strange, proto-Impressionist stories that predate The Red Badge of Courage and show you exactly where Crane's voice came from. Illustrated by "W.W." with woodcut-style drawings that suit the material perfectly.