Details: Long considered to be the first great American war novel, “The Red Badge of Courage” tells the searing tale of Henry Fleming, a young Union soldier, who flees from the field of battle during his first engagement. His inner demons begin to eat away at him, and he makes his way back to his regiment, hoping for his “red badge of courage,” a wound. Come along on a realistic journey to the American Civil War, and peer into the very soul of a young soldier, fighting valiantly against his own fear and the horrors of war in his quest for manhood.
