Allen French
Allen French (28 November 1870 – 1946) was a historian and children's book author who did major research on the battles of Lexington and Concord, during the American Revolutionary War. He was a founding member and president of the Thoreau Society.[1]
Born in Boston, French attended Harvard University for his undergraduate education. Several of his children's books were illustrated by painter Andrew Wyeth.
Works
Fiction
- The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1924.[2]
- The Red Keep: A story of Burgundy in year 1165, Warsaw, N.D.:Ignatius Press, 1997[3]
- The Lost Baron[4]
- Sir Marrok
- Heroes of Iceland
- The Story of Grettir the Strong
- The Colonials
- The Barrier[5]
- At Plattsburg, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1917.[6]
Non-fiction
- The Siege of Boston, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1911.[7]
- First Year of the American Revolution
- General Gage's Informers
- Historic Concord and the Lexington Fight.
- Charles I and the Puritan Upheaval: A Study of the Causes of the Great Migration, Houghton Mifflin, 1955.[8]
References
- ^ ALLEN FRENCH PAPERS, 1898-1957
- ^ Allen French, The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow, Google Books
- ^ Allen French, The Red Keep, Google Books
- ^ Allen French, The Lost Baron, Google Books
- ^ Allen French, The Barrier, archive.org
- ^ Allen French, At Plattsburg, Project Gutenberg
- ^ Allen French, The Siege of Boston, Internet Archive
- ^ Allen French, Charles I and the Puritan Upheaval: A Study of the Causes of the Great Migration, Google Books
External links
- Works by Allen French at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Allen French at the Internet Archive
- Works by Allen French at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- ALLEN FRENCH PAPERS, 1898-1957, Concord Free Public Library, Concord, MA
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