THE OPEN BOAT AND OTHER STORIES

Sinopsis de THE OPEN BOAT AND OTHER STORIES

The title story of this collection concerns a journalist, a cook, and a ship's oiler in a dinghy on the sea after their ship sinks. Crane's best-known short story, it was inspired by his terrifying experience en route to Cuba in 1896, when his own ship foundered and he spent 50 hours in the ocean.