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One of the best books of all time, Stephen Crane's The Open Boat . If you haven't read this classic already, then you're missing out - read The Open Boat by Stephen Crane today!

A seat in this boat was not unlike a seat upon a bucking broncho, and by the same token, a broncho is not much smaller. The craft pranced and reared, and plunged like an animal. As each wave came, and she rose for it, she seemed like a horse making at a fence outrageously high... Read Full Overview

Do you enjoy classic literature in easy-to-carry paperback? Then you'll love The Open Boat by Stephen Crane ! Perhaps you read The Open Boat in school as a youth or maybe this is your first time reading Stephen Crane's masterpiece or maybe you're a teacher buying the book for... Read Full Overview

Four men struggle for survival after escaping from a sinking ship and into a small open boat.

The famous short story The Open Boat by Stephen Crane . Originally published in 1897, The Open Boat by Stephen Crane , contains a tale of a boat wreck very similar to the one experience by Crane after he was stranded for 30 hours at sea after his boat hit a sand bar. Read The... Read Full Overview

None of them knew the colour of the sky. Their eyes glanced level, and were fastened upon the waves that swept toward them. These waves were of the hue of slate, save for the tops, which were of foaming white, and all of the men knew the colours of the sea. The horizon narrowed... Read Full Overview