<P> The title of Crane's original, 55,000 - word manuscript was "Private Fleming / His various battles", but in order to create the sense of a less traditional Civil War narrative, he ultimately changed the title to The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War . In early 1894, Crane submitted the manuscript to S.S. McClure, who held on to it for six months without publication . Frustrated, the author asked for the manuscript to be returned, after which he gave it to Irving Bacheller in October . An abbreviated version of Crane's story was first serialized in The Philadelphia Press in December 1894 . This version of the story, which was culled to 18,000 words by an editor specifically for the serialization, was reprinted in newspapers across America, establishing Crane's fame . Crane biographer John Berryman wrote that the story was published in at least 200 small city dailies and approximately 550 weekly papers . In October 1895, a version, which was 5,000 words shorter than the original manuscript, was printed in book form by D. Appleton & Company . This version of the novel differed greatly from Crane's original manuscript; the deletions were thought by some scholars to be due to demands by an Appleton employee who was afraid of public disapproval of the novel's content . Parts of the original manuscript removed from the 1895 version include all of the twelfth chapter, as well as the endings to chapters seven, ten and fifteen . </P> <P> Crane's contract with Appleton allowed him to receive a flat ten percent royalty of all copies sold . However, the contract also stipulated that he was not to receive royalties from the books sold in Great Britain, where they were released by Heinemann in early 1896 as part of its Pioneer Series . In 1982, W.W. Norton & Company published a version of the novel based on Crane's original 1894 manuscript of 55,000 words . Edited by Henry Binder, this version is questioned by those who believe Crane made the original edits for the 1895 Appleton edition on his own accord . Since its initial publication, the novel has never gone out of print . </P> <P> On a cold day the fictional 304th New York Regiment awaits battle beside a river . Eighteen - year - old Private Henry Fleming, remembering his romantic reasons for enlisting as well as his mother's resulting protests, wonders whether he will remain brave in the face of fear, or turn and run . He is comforted by one of his friends from home, Jim Conklin, who admits that he would run from battle if his fellow soldiers also fled . During the regiment's first battle, Confederate soldiers charge, but are repelled . The enemy quickly regroups and attacks again, this time forcing some of the unprepared Union soldiers to flee . Fearing the battle is a lost cause, Henry deserts his regiment . It is not until after he reaches the rear of the army that he overhears a general announcing the Union's victory . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> In despair, he declared that he was not like those others . He now conceded it to be impossible that he should ever become a hero . He was a craven loon . Those pictures of glory were piteous things . He groaned from his heart and went staggering off . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Red Badge of Courage, Chapter eleven </Td> </Tr> </Table>

How many pages are in the book the red badge of courage