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Toward the Flame: A Memoir of World War I
by
Hervey Allen
Considered by many to be the finest American combat memoir of the First World War, Hervey Allens powers of description to create a harrowing portrait of coalition war at its worst.
Paperback, 282 pages
Published
June 1st 2003
by UNP - Nebraska Paperback
(first published 1926)
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This is an astonishing memoir, even if you aren't particularly interested in WW I. It was written by Lieutenant Hervey Allen in 1918. He was in a National Guard unit that was called up and was poorly trained, although that really didn't matter in the situation in which they found themselves. As it says on the back of the book, it's "considered by many to be the finest American combat memoir of the First World War" and with good reason. It is "clear-eyed and unsentimental"...more
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Born William Hervey Allen. 1915 University of Pittsburgh graduate. In WWI served as a Lieutenant in the 28th (keystone) Division, US Army and fought in the Aisne-Marne offensive July-August, 1918. He wrote "Toward the Flame" (1926), a nonfictional account of his experiences in the war.
Allen is best known for his work Anthony Adverse, a 1933 bestseller. He also planned a serie...more
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