Hervey Allen
Description
William Hervey Allen was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA). His first book, Wampum and Old Gold, was awarded the Yale Younger Poets Prize. Allen is best known for his work Anthony Adverse. He also planned a series of novels about colonial America called The Disinherited. He completed three works in the series: The Forest and the Fort (1943), Bedford Village (1944), and Toward the Morning (1948). The novels tell the story of Salathiel Albine, a frontiersman kidnapped as a boy by Shawnee Indians in the 1750s. All three works were collected and published as the City in the Dawn. His works include Israfel (1926), a biography of American writer Edgar Allan Poe. Allen died in Coconut Grove, Florida, aged 60, from a heart attack. Source: Wikipedia
Books
The poetry of the Negro, 1746-1970
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The forest and the fort
Salathiel Albine, a white child who has lived with the Shawnee Indians from a young age chooses to reidentify with his white parentage after spending some time with a preacher who helps him relearn English. Story points up to cultural differences which made Indian-White conflict inevitable as settlers pressed westward.
Toward the flame
"Considered by many to be the finest American combat memoir of the First World War, Hervey Allen's Toward the Flame vividly chronicles the experiences of the Twenty-eighth Division in the summer of 1918. Made up primarily of Pennsylvania National Guardsmen, the Twenty-eighth Division saw extensive action on the Western Front. The story begins with Lieutenant Allen and his men marching inland from the French coast and ends with their participation in the disastrous battle for the village of Fismette. Allen was a talented observer, and the men with whom he served emerge as well-rounded characters against the horrific backdrop of the war."--Jacket.
Anthony Adverse, Part 1
Anthony Adverse was a love child, begotten in France, born in the Alps and Reared in Italy, then launched upon a life of adventure. This is his story.---bk cvr
Toward the morning
Life in Pennsylvania and progress down the Pennsylvania trail during the 10 years before the Revolution.