William Hervey Allen (December 8, 1889 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – December 28, 1949 Coconut Grove, Florida) was an American author.
He graduated from University of Pittsburgh in 1915, where he also became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
He served as a Lieutenant in the 28th (keystone) Division, United States Army during the World War I and fought in the Aisne-Marne offensive July-August, 1918. He wrote "Toward the Flame" (1926), a nonfictio...
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William Hervey Allen (December 8, 1889 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – December 28, 1949 Coconut Grove, Florida) was an American author.
He graduated from University of Pittsburgh in 1915, where he also became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
He served as a Lieutenant in the 28th (keystone) Division, United States Army during the World War I 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. 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. Allen also wrote Israfel (1926), a biography of American...
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