All the Brothers Were Valiant (novel)

Last updated
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Allthebrotherswerevaliantfrontcover.jpg
Author Ben Ames Williams
Genre Novel
Publisher The Macmillan Company
Publication date
1919
Publication placeUnited States
OCLC 418497

All the Brothers Were Valiant is a story by Ben Ames Williams. It was published in the 1919 April and May issues of Everybody's Magazine with illustrations by N. C. Wyeth, [1] [2] a hardcover edition followed in May with jacket art, front and rear, also by Wyeth. [3] It was Williams's first published novel, although he had previously written many short stories for magazines. [4] [5] It has been adapted to film three times, all by MGM: All the Brothers Were Valiant (1923, now lost), Across to Singapore (1928) and All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953). Polar explorer Richard E. Byrd carried a copy on his solo journey to Antarctica from 1933 to 1935, he wrote in his journal that he finds it challenging to read due to eye problems caused by carbon monoxide poisoning from his stove. [6]

Contents

Editions

References

  1. ↑ Ben Ames Williams (April 1919). "All the Brothers Were Valiant Part I". Everybody's Magazine .
  2. ↑ Ben Ames Williams (May 1919). "All the Brothers Were Valiant Part II". Everybody's Magazine .
  3. ↑ Ben Ames Williams (May 1919). All the Brothers Were Valiant. New York: The Macmillan Company.
  4. ↑ Philip Stevick (1991). "Ben Ames Williams". In Bobby Ellen Kimbel (ed.). Dictionary of Literary Biography. American Short-Story Writers, 1910-1945. Second Series. Vol. 102. Detroit, MI: Gale. p. 358-365. ISBN   978-0-8103-4582-9.
  5. ↑ Lloyd, James B (1981). Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817–1967. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. pp. 467–469.
  6. ↑ Richard E. Byrd (1938). Alone. New York: G. P. Putnum. p. 190.. Byrd had eye problems and headaches nearly the entire trip which he attributed to a gasoline stove improperly ventilated.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.