Editing Stephen Crane (section)

===Greco-Turkish War===
Despite contentment in Jacksonville and the need for rest after his ordeal, Crane became restless. He left Jacksonville on January 11 for New York City, where he applied for a passport to Cuba, Mexico and the West Indies. Spending three weeks in New York, he completed "The Open Boat" and periodically visited Port Jervis to see family.<ref>Wertheim (1994), p. 240</ref> By this time, however, blockades had formed along the Florida coast as tensions rose with Spain, and Crane concluded that he would never be able to travel to Cuba. He sold "The Open Boat" to [[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner's]] for $300 in early March.<ref>Berryman, p. 166</ref> Determined to work as a war correspondent, Crane signed on with [[William Randolph Hearst]]'s ''New York Journal'' to cover the impending [[Greco-Turkish War (1897)|Greco-Turkish conflict]]. He brought along Taylor, who sold the Hotel de Dream.<ref>Benfey, p. 202</ref>

[[File:CraneinGreece1897.gif|thumb|upright|Crane posing on a prop in the form of a rock for a studio photograph in Athens, 1897]]
On March 20, they sailed first to England, where Crane was warmly received. They arrived in [[Athens]] in early April; between April 17 (when Turkey declared war on Greece) and April 22, Crane wrote his first published report of the war, "An Impression of the 'Concert'&nbsp;".<ref>Wertheim (1994), p. 249</ref> When he left for [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]] in the northwest, Taylor remained in Athens, where she became the war's first woman war correspondent. She wrote under the pseudonym "Imogene Carter" for the ''New York Journal'', a job that Crane had secured for her.<ref>Davis, p. 200</ref>  They wrote frequently, traveling throughout the country separately and together. The first large battle that Crane witnessed was the Turks' assault on General Constantine Smolenski's Greek forces at Velestino. Crane wrote: "It is a great thing to survey the army of the enemy.  Just where and how it takes hold upon the heart is difficult of description."<ref>Davis, p. 204</ref> During this battle, Crane encountered "a fat waddling puppy" that he immediately claimed, dubbing it "Velestino, the Journal dog".<ref>Berryman, p. 178</ref> Greece and Turkey signed an armistice on May 20; Crane and Taylor left Greece for England, taking with them Velestino and two Greek brothers as servants.<ref>Berryman, p. 184</ref>