Vintage First Edition The Uncrowned King by Harold Bell Wright

Vintage First Edition The Uncrowned King by Harold Bell Wright

The Uncrowned King is Harold Bell Wright's Pilgrim's Progress-type allegory, with illustrations by John Rea Neill, well-known for his illustrations in Frank L. Baum's children's books, including the Oz books. The Uncrowned King can be read in 45 minutes or less. One of Wright's other books is the famous Shepherd of the Hills. This book is in excellent condition but does have the name of the person that gave it as a gift in 1910 on the inside. In 1916, in his biographical brochure, Harold Bell Wright, A Biography Intimate and Authoritative, Elsbery W. Reynolds, Wright's Publisher wrote"'The Uncrowned King,' a small volume--an allegory--published in 1910, to me, is one of the most delightful of Mr. Wright's books. Possibly, it has an added charm because of certain peculiar conditions. It was written in Redlands, California, during the winter of 1909-10, although the notion for the little volume occurred to the author while living in Kansas City. It was one of those times when the longing and the will to do a work greater than the physical would permit seemed almost overpowering when, unconsciously coming to his aid, a young woman talking to a company of Christian Endeavorers chanced to remark, "After all, the real kings of earth are seldom crowned." All through the evening service thoughts that this inspired kept running through the author's mind and late that same night he wrote the outline which was only completed some years later and given to his publishers to enrich the world."

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$41 USD

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