four prized selections by one of americas greatest writers the open boat based on a harrowing incident in the authors life the 1897 sinking of a ship on which he was a passenger the blue hotel and the bride comes to yellow sky reflecting cranes early travels in mexico and the american southwest and the novella maggie a girl of the streets a galvanizing portrait of life in the slums of new york city barneys boring seaside vacation suddenly becomes more interesting when the cottage next door is occupied by three exotic neighbors who are addicted to a game they call interstellar pig