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.
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Hervey Allen
×CloseAmerican novelist, biographer (1889–1949)
Born | December 8, 1889 |
Died | December 28, 1949 |
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Hervey Allen
×CloseAmerican novelist, biographer (1889–1949)
Born | December 8, 1889 |
Died | December 28, 1949 |
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Fiction, History, Fiction, general, Poetry, World War, 1914-1918, American Authors, American Personal narratives, Biography, Fiction, historical, general, Illegitimate children, Inheritance and succession, African American authors, African Americans, Afro-American authors, Afro-Americans, American poetry, Biographies, Black authors, Black people, Black race, Blacks, Campaigns, Christmas, Christmas poetry, DiariesTime
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 19th century, 20th century, Civil War, 1861-1865, French and Indian War, 1755-1763, Spring 1775, To 1775ID Numbers
- OLID: OL1480011A
- ISNI: 0000000109043590
- VIAF: 56742955
- Wikidata: Q1364205
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q1364205
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- Hervey Allen
- Hardly Alum.
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