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Hervey Allen

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He married Ann Andrews on June 30, 1927. The marriage to his much younger former student was viewed as somewhat scandalous, and the couple took up residence in Bermuda. They had three children: Marcia, Mary Ann and Richard.
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in 1909. He was a midshipman with the United States Navy from 1909 to 1910, and attended the United States Naval Academy from 1910 to 1911 when he was honorably discharged due to a track and field injury.
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Allen greatly admired Thomas Jefferson. "Interest in American history and in a sort of American utopianism would characterize most of his later works." He planned a series of novels about
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In 1925, he lectured on American Literature at Columbia University. From 1926 to 1927, he was a lecturer on modern poetry at Vassar College, where he met his future wife.
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July–August 1918. He was wounded in action at Fismes in August 1918. He also taught English to French soldiers at Favernay.
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Allen became a Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh. For a period of time, he taught at the
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Allen served as a 2nd lieutenant in the 18th Pennsylvania Infantry on the Mexican border in 1916 during the
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Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14000 Famous Persons (entry 188) by Scott Wilson
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Indians in the 1750s. All three works were collected and published as the
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The Rivers of America Series, A Descriptive Bibliography
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Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coconut Grove, Florida
United States
Anthony Adverse
1936 movie of the same name
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Shady Side Academy
University of Pittsburgh
Sigma Chi
Fraternity
Pancho Villa Expedition
company commander
111th Infantry Regiment
28th (keystone) Division
United States Army
World War I
Aisne-Marne offensive
Porter Military Academy
Charleston, South Carolina
DuBose Heyward
Yale Younger Poets Prize
Anthony Adverse
colonial America
Shawnee
Israfel
Edgar Allan Poe
Rivers of America Series
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
The Everglades: River of Grass

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