Tales from a Famished Land

This true-fiction by Edward E. Hunt is a story of young Americans who played a part in Belgian history when the country entered the world war. It is full of sweet romance, gallant adventure, grotesque comedy, and grim tragedy. These tales are not exactly the truth, but they are not fiction, they are both. The work tries to explain the state of mind and the atmosphere in which History whether true or fiction was made. The author describes the atmosphere behind long lines of barbed wire and bayonets, behind waves of poisoned gas, in a starving land where ten million heroic people, both French and Belgians, silently and steadily fought to keep their self-respect, their sanity, and their bravery. Contents Include: Saint Dympna's Miracle Love in a Barge The Odyssey of Mr. Solslog Figures of the Dance The Saviour of Mont César Ghosts The Deserter The Glory of Tinarloo A Flemish Fancy The Swallows of Diest Pensioners Doña Quixote In the Street of the Spy The White Island—A Story of the Dardanelles