The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky

short story by Crane
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The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, short story by Stephen Crane, published in The Open Boat and Other Stories in London and a smaller collection, The Open Boat and Other Tales of Adventure, in New York in 1898. The story is set at the end of the 19th century in a town called Yellow Sky and concerns the marshal, Jack Potter, and his unnamed bride and the effect their marriage has on the town. The drunken, belligerent Scratchy Wilson, a cowboy who represents the Old West, tries to effect a showdown with Jack, his nemesis. When Jack refuses to fight, ...(100 of 119 words)