Toward the Morning

Sylvania #3

by Hervey Allen

Toward the Morning tells of Salathiel Albine's progress down the bright Pennsylvania trail from Bedford Village toward the city which to him means civilization and the life of the future -- toward Philadelphia. Jacket painting by Andrew Wyeth.

Genres: Historical Fiction

458 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Born William Hervey Allen. 1915 University of Pittsburgh graduate. In WWI served as a Lieutenant in the 28th (keystone) Division, US Army and fought in the Aisne-Marne offensive July-August, 1918. He wrote "Toward the Flame" (1926), a nonfictional account of his experiences in the war.

Allen is best known for his work Anthony Adverse, a 1933 bestseller. He also planned a series of novels about colonial America called The Disinherited, of which he completed three works: The Forest and the Fort (1943), Bedford Village (1944), and Toward the Morning (1948). The novels tell the story of Salathiel Albine, a frontiersman kidnapped as a boy by Shawnee Indians in the 1750s. All three works were collected and published as the City in the Dawn. Allen also wrote Israfel (1926), a biography of American writer Edgar Allan Poe.

Reviews

[Jeff Dickison · Rating 4 out of 5]

The third book in a three-book series from the 1940's. More books were planned but Allen died. In this Salathiel Albine and his woman leave the frontier and head back to Philadelphia. The "beseeching" at Carlisle is a hoot. Recommended.