ellers' list and had gone through fourteen printings; remarkably enough, it has never been out of print (6). Unfortunately, contracts with publishers and a general lack of good business sense kept Crane poor for much of his life. But with the publication of The Red Badge of Courage, Crane achieved almost overnight celebrity. Although Crane did run into criticism, one of the biggest was the Dial controversy (Angel 98).
             The Dial was a publication run by a former Brigadier General in the Union army, George McClurg, who spea
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