AKA William Hervey Allen, Jr.

Born: 8-Dec-1889
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, PA
Died: 28-Dec-1949
Location of death: The Glades, FL
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Poet, Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Ballads of the Border

Military service: Pennsylvania National Guard (WWI)

Wife: Annette Hyde Andrews (m. 1927, until his death, three children)

    University: U.S. Naval Academy
    University: University of Pittsburgh (1915)
    University: Harvard University (graduate work)

Author of books:
Ballads of the Border (1916, poetry)
Toward the Flame (1926, novel)
Isafel (1926, biography, of Edgar Allan Poe)
Anthony Adverse (1933, novel)
Is It Like This? (1939)
The Forest and the Fort (1943)
Bedford Village (1944)
Toward the Morning (1948)

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