Red Badge of Courage

Although the Red Badge of Courage is not a true story, it is based on certain events and battles of the Civil War. Its importance lies in the fact that it is written from a private's point of view. This is unusual in 1895. when the book first appeared on the scene. Up until that time, stories about war featured officers for the most part. Level 3 Workbook. Fiction Youth. Student pages are reproducible.