New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel of a romantic, a loner dedicated to lost causes who leaves his small town in Pennslyvania to become involved in a political uprising in Valencia, Spain, in 1869. In addition to being a writer and novelist, Gilkyson was a lawyer and served as the American secretary at the Nuremberg Military Tribunals after World War II. Striking art deco cover art by Juan Oliver. 297 pp.