John Algernon Owens’s Sword and Pen is a biography of Willard Glazier, a Union cavalry officer in the Civil War who went on to become a prolific author and explorer. The book traces Glazier’s military service — including his imprisonment in Confederate camps — and his subsequent career writing about his travels and adventures across North America.
A blend of military biography and adventure narrative, this public-domain work preserves the story of a figure who embodied the restless energy of post-Civil War America. Download the free EPUB for a spirited account of a soldier turned man of letters.