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A story by this author compares men to lice clinging "to a whirling, fire-smote, ice-locked, disease-stricken, space-lost bulb." This author wrote a story in which the Easterner tells the cowboy that Johnnie was cheating at cards, revealing that they were complicit in the death of the Swede. The protagonist of a novel by this author is nursed by his friend Wilson after being asked by a "tattered soldier" where his wound is. He wrote a novel whose main character leads a successful charge against the Confederate line after overcoming his cowardice. For 10 points, name this American author of "The Blue Hotel" who wrote about Henry Fleming in The Red Badge of Courage.
A story by this author compares men to lice clinging "to a whirling, fire-smote, ice-locked, disease-stricken, space-lost bulb.
Stephen Crane