Soldiers

The Red Badge of Courage (Unabridged)

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This classic war novel is Stephen Crane's most famous work. It is considered by many critics to be the greatest war novel ever written. The setting is the civil war, and the hero (or anti-hero as it seems at first) is Henry Flemming, a young Northern boy who, swept up in the patriotic tide, joins the Union Army.

Author: 
Stephen Crane
Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
04:56
The Red Badge of Courage (Unabridged)

The Things They Carried (Unabridged)

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This modern classic and New York Times best seller was a finalist for both the 1990 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award and has become a staple of American classrooms.

Author: 
Tim O'Brien
Grade Level: 
High
Lexile: 
880L
Length: 
07:03
The Things They Carried (Unabridged)

Stone Soup (Unabridged)

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Three clever soliders devise a plan to get food and lodging from the selfish inhabitants of a French village during the time of Napoleon.

Author: 
Marcia Brown
Grade Level: 
Primary
Lexile: 
480L
Length: 
00:10
Stone Soup (Unabridged)

The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War (Unabridged)

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We all know about the famous generals and the major battles of the Civil War. But for the soldiers who actually fought, the war was all too real. It was especially traumatic for the thousands of soldiers who ranged in age from 10 to 15. Some young soldiers joined the fray to escape the boredom of farm work or to "set the South straight". Many of them kept diaries and wrote letters home.

Author: 
Jim Murphy
Grade Level: 
Middle
Lexile: 
1060L
Length: 
02:01
The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War (Unabridged)

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