SEEGER, ALAN — Letters and Diary of Alan Seeger

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers have some rubbing, bumping and edge wear. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. "Alan Seeger (22 June 1888 – 4 July 1916) was an American war poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme, serving in the French Foreign Legion. Seeger was the brother of Elizabeth Seeger, a children's author and educator, and Charles Seeger, a noted American pacifist and musicologist; he was also the uncle of folk musicians Pete Seeger, Peggy Seeger, and Mike Seeger. He is lauded for the poem "I Have a Rendezvous with Death", a favorite of President John F. Kennedy. A statue representing him is on the monument in the Place des États-Unis, Paris, honoring those American citizens who volunteered to fight for the Third French Republic while their country was still neutral and lost their lives during the war. Seeger is sometimes called the "American Rupert Brooke". "(from Wikipedia). Very Good .