Last Words - Crane, Stephen
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This book is a collection of the last recorded words of famous individuals, including poets, philosophers, politicians, and more. Read the final thoughts of these great thinkers and learn what they deemed most important in their last moments of life. A unique and thought-provoking read that will leave you with an appreciation for life. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you…mehr

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This book is a collection of the last recorded words of famous individuals, including poets, philosophers, politicians, and more. Read the final thoughts of these great thinkers and learn what they deemed most important in their last moments of life. A unique and thought-provoking read that will leave you with an appreciation for life. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Autorenporträt
Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1871, Crane was the son of a Methodist minister who died early in Crane's life. His mother, also a writer, saw to his early education in strict Methodist schools. Crane spent only one semester at Syracuse University. Although he enjoyed literature classes and playing baseball, his desire to be a journalist superseded any academic interests. At the age of 19, he set off for New York City where he soon fit in with the bohemian artistic community that frequented lower Manhattan. Most of his short career was spent living mainly with relatives and friends in New York as he struggled to make a living writing newspaper articles and publishing works of fiction. The Red Badge of Courage, published in book form soon after "In the Depths of a Coal Mine," in 1895 established his position as one of America's major writers. Together with "Maggie, A Girl of the Street" (1894) and a number of short stories, Crane is often viewed as an early American master of Realism and Naturalism. He died in Germany in 1900 of tuberculosis, after spending two years in Europe. His friendship with fellow writer Joseph Conrad sustained him in many ways during his long-suffering illness. The two were like brothers in their attitudes towards life and writing. He was survived by his common-law wife, Cora Howarth, who took his name, although previously married and never divorced, and died in Jacksonville, Florida in 1910. He had no children.