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Setting of book is England, France and the Americas. Time frame: Perhaps in fifteenth or early sixteenth century.
Story centers about an orphan child who had been left at a Convent. In his adult years the story included his many wanderings and dangers as he searched for his roods. This took him throughout Europe, Africa and America.
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Born William Hervey Allen. 1915 University of Pittsburgh graduate. In WWI served as a Lieutenant in the 28th (keystone) Division, US Army 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.
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