Project Gutenberg 2013-09-12 Public domain in the USA. 149 Crane, Stephen 1871 1900 Smith, Johnston 00005012 Wounds in the rain: War stories The price of the harness -- The lone charge of William B. Perkins -- The clan of No-name -- God rest ye, merry gentlemen -- The revenge of the Adolphus -- The sergeant's private madhouse -- Virtue in war -- Marines signalling under fire at Guantanamo -- This majestic lie -- War memories -- The second generation. Produced by sp1nd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Wounds in the Rain: War Stories" by Stephen Crane is a collection of war stories written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the experiences of soldiers during the American-Spanish War, portraying the harsh realities and emotional tribulations faced on the battlefield. The stories feature various characters, particularly focusing on individual soldiers and their experiences, often framed within the chaos of combat and their personal reflections on courage, fear, and mortality. At the start of the collection, the narrative unfolds with a scene of soldiers laboriously constructing a road in Cuba amid the tension of impending battle. The men reflect their weariness, hunger, and camaraderie as they work together under a stifling sun. The peace is shattered by gunfire, as they prepare to engage in combat, navigating through the stark realities of war that intertwine elements of humor and despair. The opening highlights the duality of soldiering, where mundane tasks juxtaposed against the backdrop of conflict deepen the exploration of their inner lives and the broader implications of war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43706/43706-h/images/coverpage.jpg en Short stories, American United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 461747 461639 2024-09-18T10:38:59.736666 2023-09-19T06:36:40.288689 text/html text/html 459495 2013-09-12T17:24:16 text/html; charset=utf-8 324963 2013-09-12T17:27:08 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 330095 2024-09-18T10:39:05.553650 application/epub+zip 336558 2024-09-18T10:39:00.701705 application/epub+zip 246483 2024-09-18T10:39:00.259705 application/epub+zip 465224 2024-09-18T10:39:09.797611 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 442038 2024-09-18T10:39:05.156662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 352396 2022-09-20T03:32:46.489222 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 436618 436445 2024-09-18T10:38:59.026674 2023-09-19T06:36:39.646708 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 436489 2013-09-12T17:24:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 171393 2013-09-12T17:27:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 436481 2013-09-12T17:26:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 171354 2013-09-12T17:27:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21328 2024-09-18T10:39:09.955628 application/rdf+xml 22210 2024-09-18T10:39:00.363704 image/jpeg 2929 2024-09-18T10:39:00.303688 image/jpeg 335217 2024-09-18T10:38:59.784664 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia