All the Brothers Were Valiant (novel) explained

All the Brothers Were Valiant
Author:	Ben Ames Williams
Country:	United States
Genre:	Novel
Publisher:	The Macmillan Company
Release Date:	1919
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 1933-1935 solo journey to Antarctica; he wrote in his journal that he was challenged reading it due to eye problems caused by carbon monoxide poisoning from his stove.^[6]

Editions

• Book: Williams. Ben Ames. All the Brothers Were Valiant. 1919. The Macmillan Company. New York. [2], 204, [2] p. (last 2 p. blank). First.
• Subsequent re-impressions include Grosset & Dunlap (New York, 1919), E.P. Dutton (New York, 1919) and the first U.K edition by Mills & Boon (London, 1920).

External links

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• All the Brothers Were Valiant at Internet Archive (scanned books various formats)

Notes and References

1. Web site: All the Brothers Were Valiant Part I . . Ben Ames Williams . April 1919.
2. Web site: All the Brothers Were Valiant Part II . . Ben Ames Williams . May 1919.
3. Book: All the Brothers Were Valiant . The Macmillan Company . New York . Ben Ames Williams . May 1919.
4. Book: https://archive.org/details/dictionaryoflite00bobk/page/358/mode/2up . Ben Ames Williams . Dictionary of Literary Biography . 102 . American Short-Story Writers, 1910-1945. Second Series . Gale . Detroit, MI . Philip Stevick . Bobby Ellen Kimbel . 1991 . 358-365 . 978-0-8103-4582-9 .
5. Book: Lloyd, James B. Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817–1967. Jackson. University Press of Mississippi. 1981. 467–469.
6. Book: Alone . G. P. Putnum . New York . Richard E. Byrd . Richard E. Byrd . 1938 . 190 . . Byrd had eye problems and headaches nearly the entire trip which he attributed to a gasoline stove improperly ventilated.