Excerpt from Toward the Flame: A War DiaryAbout half of this material was written in a long letter from a hospital in France immediately after the events which it relates. The rest was set down in 1919 just after my return to the United States when the memories were still SO strong as to be almost photographic.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Toward the Flame: A War Diary (Classic Reprint)

Hervey Allen

Children's Books

Forgotten Books

Wampum and Old Gold (Classic Reprint)

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Bedford Village

Dramas & Plays

WARNER BOOKS

From back of book: Not since ANTHONY ADVERSE has a hero so captured the American imagination! Salathiel Albine rode out of Bedford Village with only his woman, his wagon and his double-barreled shotgun to keep him warm. Half a lifetime was packed into that covered wagon. The other half was buried deep within this remarkable adventurer who staked his future on the lawless Pennsylvania frontier.

Toward the Morning

Anthony Adverse, Part 3: the Lonely Twin

The Forest and the Fort

Bedford County Historical Society

First edition bound in beige cloth. A Very Good copy in a VG- dust jacket. Dust spots to the covers and at the edges of the upper page block. Dust spotting along the spine seams. Former owner's name and the date are inked on the front fly. Tanning to the endpapers and toning to the page margins. Slight spine lean. The dust jacket has chips at the upper edge of the front panel and to its spine tips and corners. Rubbing and creases along the outer folds. Dust soiling to the rear panel. Dust jacket art and frontis piece by Andrew Wyeth.

Farrar & Rinehart

Setting of book is England, France and the Americas. Time frame: Perhaps in fifteenth or early sixteenth century. Story centers about an orphan child who had been left at a Convent. In his adult years the story included his many wanderings and dangers as he searched for his roods. This took him throughout Europe, Africa and America.

Anthony Adverse

Classics

Farrar and Rinehart

William Hervey Allen Jr. (December 8, 1889 - December 28, 1949) was an American educator, poet, and author. He graduated from Shady Side Academy in 1909. He was a midshipman with the United States Navy from 1909 to 1910, and attended the United States Naval Academy from 1910 to 1911 when he was honorably discharged due to a track and field injury. Allen became a Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh. In 1925, he lectured on American Literature at Columbia University. He wrote Toward the Flame (1926), a nonfictional account of his experiences in the war. His book, Wampum and Old Gold, was awarded the Yale Younger Poets Prize. Allen is best known for his work Anthony Adverse.

Namaskar Books

Toward The Morning

Rinehart

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