Toward the Flame, A Memoir of World War I Reviewed by Ron Drees

Toward the Flame, A Memoir of World War I
By Hervey Allen
Reprint of 1934 Issue by Univ. of Nebraska Press, 2003




Hervey Allen (1889–1949) was a critically acclaimed writer of poetry, prose, and fiction, including the popular novel Anthony Adverse. In his memoir, considered by many to be the best American memoir to come out of World War I, Allen surprisingly does not start where the