The Open Boat Summary
Stephen Crane

Everything you need to understand or teach The Open Boat by Stephen Crane.

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  • 180 Multiple Choice Questions
  • 60 Short Essay Questions
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The Open Boat Summary

Published in 1897, "The Open Boat" is based on an actual incident from Stephen Crane's life in January of that year. While traveling to Cuba to work as a newspaper correspondent during the Cuban insurrection against Spain, Crane was stranded at sea for thirty hours after his ship, the Commodore, sank off the coast of Florida. Crane and three other men were forced to navigate their way to shore in a small boat. One...

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