Maggie A Girl of the Streets Author:Stephen Crane Although he is best known for his memorable Civil War classic, The Red Badge of Courage, it was on the Bowery that Stephen Crane got his "artistic education." While most of his contemporaries were still courting the sentimental myths of the Romantic era, Crane was exploring firsthand the New York East Side slum world of vagrants, harlots and be... more »ggars.« less