He was one of 11 American pilots who flew with RAF Fighter Command between 10 July and 31 October 1940, thereby qualifying for the Battle of Britain clasp to the 1939–45 campaign star. He was killed in action in September 1942.

    Lanterns on the Levee is his memorial to the South of his youth and young manhood. In describing life in the Mississippi Delta, Percy bridges the interval between the semifeudal South of the 1800s and the anxious South of the early 1940s. The rare qualities of this classic memoir lie not in what Will Percy did in his life -- although his life was exciting and varied -- but rather in the intimate, honest, and soul-probing record of how he brought himself to contemplate unflinchingly a new and unstable era. The 1973 introduction by Walker Percy -- Will's nephew and adopted son -- recalls the strong character and easy grace of the most extraordinary man I have ever known.

    Serves as a valuable introduction to Cassuto's illuminating commentaries on the Pentateuch, in which he emerges as one of the most original modern biblical exegetes.

    Waylaid enroute by bandits, she is forced at gun point to marry a tall, enigmatic stranger, Drex Hamilton. When Kay learns Drex is a U.S. secret agent, she agrees to continue the masquerade of adoring bride to help him foil an international plot against our country.How this thrilling adventure taught Kay which man she truly loved is the basis of another of Emilie Loring's great novels of mystery, glamour, and romance.