Product Description
Hard Cover.
Harper & Brothers 1919.
1st Edition.
Book condition: VG - Very Good.
Black & White illustrations.
Men of Iron is an 1891 novel by the American author Howard Pyle, who also illustrated it.
Set in the 15th century, it is a juvenile "coming of age" work in which a young squire, Myles Falworth, seeks not only to become a knight but to eventually redeem his father's honor.
In Chapter 24 the knighthood ceremony is presented and described as it would be in a non-fiction work concerning knighthood and chivalry.
Descriptions of training equipment are also given throughout.
It comprises 68,334 words and is divided into 33 unnamed chapters, an introduction, and a conclusion.
It was made into a movie in 1954, The Black Shield of Falworth.
328 pages.
Size: 6" x 9" (160mm x 220mm).
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