Toward the flame
Subtitle: a memoir of World War I
By: by Hervey Allen ; illustrated by Lyle Justis ; introduction to the Bison Books edition by Steven Trout.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
Subjects: Allen, Hervey, 1889-1949.; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.; World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
Genres: Personal narratives, American.
Description: "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.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Farrar & Rinehart, 1926.
"Bison books"--Prel. p.