Allen French

Allen French

Allen French (28 Nov 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. [ [http://www.concordlibrary.org/scollect/Fin_Aids/A_French.htm ALLEN FRENCH PAPERS, 1898-1957] ]

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

*Allen French, The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1924. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=GzUOAAAACAAJ&dq=allen+french&lr=&ei=9HzvSN2tIYjcygSLuuyJAQ Allen French, The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow, Google Books] ]
*Allen French, The Red Keep: A story of Burgundy in year 1165, Warsaw, N.D.:Ignatius Press, 1997 [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=va8OAAAACAAJ&dq=allen+french&lr=&ei=C33vSLWzAoXCywTe58juAg Allen French, The Red Keep, Google Books] ]
*Allen French, The Lost Baron [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=UxHfAAAACAAJ&dq=allen+french&lr=&ei=C33vSLWzAoXCywTe58juAg Allen French, The Lost Baron, Google Books] ]
*Allen French, Sir Marrok
*Allen French, Heroes of Iceland
*Allen French, The Story of Grettir the Strong
*Allen French, The Colonials

Non-Fiction

*Allen French, The Siege of Boston, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1911. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=PqZcY9z3Vn4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=allen+french&lr=&ei=wVa9SLy0NYy4yASVrKXoCA#PPP9,M1 Allen French, The Siege of Boston, Google Books] ]
*Allen French, First Year of the American Revolution
*Allen French, General Gage's Informers
*Allen French, Historic Concord and the Lexington Fight.
*Allen French, Charles I and the Puritan Upheaval: A Study of the Causes of the Great Migration, Houghton Mifflin, 1955. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=nmUDAAAAMAAJ&q=allen+french&dq=allen+french&lr=&ei=sXzvSJ34GImyyQTgr4H5Bg&pgis=1 Allen French, Charles I and the Puritan Upheaval: A Study of the Causes of the Great Migration, Google Books] ]

External links

* [http://www.concordlibrary.org/scollect/Fin_Aids/A_French.htm ALLEN FRENCH PAPERS, 1898-1957, Concord Free Public Library, Concord, MA]

References


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