{"_id":"64f3d7895c0cba161150bf53","title":"The Veteran","author":"Stephen Crane","code":"the-veteran","words":1832,"publish_year":1896,"publish_source":"McClure’s Magazine","publish_edition":"Vol. 7, Iss. 3","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/sim_new-mcclures-magazine_1896-08_7_3/page/222/mode/2up","image":"housefire.jpg","image_alt":"A burning house. Graphite filter.","genres":["literary","war"],"description":"After an elderly veteran admits to running away at the sight of his first battle, his grandson doesn’t know what to think of his hero.","blurb":"“I thought they were all shooting at me. Yes, sir, I thought every man in the other army was aiming at me in particular, and only me. And it seemed so darned unreasonable”","rating":4,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}