Ebook {Epub PDF} 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 Allen's Toward the Flame vividly chronicles the experiences of the Twenty-eighth Division in . 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 Made up primarily of Pennsylvania National Guardsmen, the Twenty-eighth Division saw extensive action on the Western Front. Reviewed in the United States on Octo. Verified Purchase. The strength of Hervey Allen's "Toward the Flame" as a war memoir lies in its being a first-person narrative, with all the seeming immediacy and honesty that firsthand experience affords/5(37).

Most of the best known English-language personal accounts of World War I were written by Europeans, Australians and Canadians. Even in the United States, accounts by American soldiers and Marines typically had very limited readership-which is a shame, because so many good ones were written, like Hervey Allen's masterpiece 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 Made up primarily of Pennsylvania National Guardsmen, the Twenty-eighth Division saw extensive. —Hervey Allen, Toward the Flame (17) T he obstacle faced by all war memoirists lies in describing "war" to an otherwise innocent audience. Popular aspects of "war" writing include describing the fight for survival, the futile attempt of justifying or denouncing killing for one's country, showing the ramifications of political.

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 Made up primarily of Pennsylvania National Guardsmen, the Twenty-eighth Division saw extensive. 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 Made up primarily of Pennsylvania National Guardsmen, the Twenty-eighth Division saw extensive action on the Western Front. Toward the Flame, A Memoir of World War I. By Hervey Allen. Reprint of Issue by Univ. of Nebraska Press, Hervey Allen (–) was a critically acclaimed writer of poetry, prose, and fiction, including the popular novel Anthony Adverse.