Have you read 'A Clean Well-Lighted Place'?... It is masterly. Indeed, it is one of the best short stories ever written..."

    First Edition, June 1926. Code number (?) on back of title page says 821601.Maps included.

    By Carl Sandburg. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926 - 1939. An exhaustive work on Abraham Lincoln, with hundreds of photographs, maps. letters and other illustrations. Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln was called "the greatest historical biography of our generation."Abraham Lincoln: The War Years received the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for History.Volume I: The Prairie Years - 1, 1926, 480 p., frontispiece plus 20 illustrations and 16 p. of photographs. Volume II: The Prairie Years - 2, 1926, 482 p., index, frontispiece plus 16 illustrations and 16 p. of photographs. Volume III: The War Years - 1, 1939, 660 p., 77 illustrations plus 15 p. of photographs. Volume IV: The War Years - 2, 1939, 655 p., 53 illustrations plus 31 p. of photographs. Volume V: The War Years - 3, 1939, 673 p., 59 illustrations plus 31 p. of photographs. Volume VI: The War Years - 4, 1939, 515 p., index, 46 illustrations plus 31 p. of photographs. The Sangamon Edition. Six Volumes. Each 9.5" x 6.25", original red cloth with blind-stamped Lincoln profile on front covers, gilt and black ruled and lettered spines, illustrated with photographs, cartoons, sketches, maps, and letters.

    Made up primarily of Pennsylvania National Guardsmen, the Twenty-eighth Division saw extensive action on the Western Front. The story begins with Lieutenant Allen and his men marching inland from the French coast and ends with their participation in the disastrous battle for the village of Fismette. Allen was a talented observer, and the men with whom he served emerge as well-rounded characters against the horrific backdrop of the war. As a historical document, Toward the Flame is significant for its highly detailed account of the controversial military action at Fismette. At the same time, it easily stands as a work of literature. Clear-eyed and unsentimental, Allen employs the novelist’s powers of description to create a harrowing portrait of coalition war at its worst.