The Red Badge of Courage is a historical fiction novel, written by Stepehen Crane, first published in 1895, and set during the American Civil War. It follows a young Union private who flees from battle, and how he deals with the shame he fells afterward. 

The Red Badge of Courage (novel)

_The Killer Angels_ is a historical fiction novel by Michael Shaara, about the Battle of Gettysburg. It was first released in 1974, and won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. 





_The Killer Angels_ (novel)

- The Red Badge of Courage
- The Killer Angels

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- Stephen Crane
- Michael Shaara
- Jeff Shaara


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Michael Shaara (1928-1988) was an American author, who is most famous for his Pulitzer Prize-winning historical fiction novel, The Killer Angels, about the Battle of Gettysburg.

Michael Shaara

Stephen Crane ( 1871-1900) was an American author and poet. He is most famous for his novel The Red Badge of Courage, about the American Civil War. 

Stephen Crane

Jeff Shaara (1952- ) is an American historical fiction author, and the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Shaara, who has now written numerous novels in his own right, including a direct prequel and sequel to The Killer Angels,

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