0Four prized selections by one of America's greatest writers: The Open Boat, based on a harrowing incident in the author's life: the 1897 sinking of a ship on which he was a passenger; The Blue Hotel and The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, reflecting Crane's early travels in Mexico and the American Southwest; and the novella Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, a galvanizing portrait of life in the slums of New York City.