Keeper Of The Flame: Woody Herman And The Second Herd by Treichel, James A - 1978

Bloomington: Indiana University Book. Good. Soft cover. pp3-18. Removed from INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, Volume 59, No. 1, March, 1963. Wrps. VG. Also includes: LEW WALLACE'S MARCH TO SHILOH REVISITED, by Harold Lew Wallace, pp19-30 and LEW WALLACE AND THE FRENCH INTERVENTION IN MEXICO, by Robert Ryal Miller, pp31-50. This issue of the magazine was devoted principally to Lew Wallace. From the editor's notes: "Despite his fame as a novelist, Lew Wallace remains well, if not always favorably, known for his military activities. Born at Brookville, Indiana, in 1827, he was the son of David Wallace, the governor of Indiana from 1837 to 1840. Lew Wallace's early bent toward romanticism was stirred by his enthusiasm for William H. Prescott's History of the Conquest of Mexico (1843). During the Mexican War (1846-1848), young Wallace served as a second lieutenant. Although he and his men participated in no military action of significance, some of them were embittered by General Zachary… Read More