Act of Faith and Other Stories

12 stories of the ""obscure"" war, that employ poignant understatement for the revelation of the new links between man of all countries and of all types, for the projection of the war against prejudices. The much discussed Act of Faith embodies both ideas, in the story of a Jewish boy, who learning of the mounting anti-semitism in the United States, plans to use the Lueger taken from a German he has killed to defend himself when he returns home, but who sells it to provide money for a Paris leave for himself and his two Christian friends. The other eleven show a father whose belief is shaken in his competence as he sees his boy off to war; a new naval Lieutenant who does an appendectomy at sea; a German Major who gets no sympathy from a French Jev; a French Lieutenant who tries to surrender to the Americans, but is killed by his men who do not believe him; a Greek-American Sergeant who is shipped home with new bonds of friendship; an American Lieutenant who learns of the terror and courage of the Jevish refugees in Palestine; a veteran, coming home, who tells off a homefront critic; and others- in stories of feeling, warm humanity and decent belief.Contents:Preach on the dusty roads.--Faith at sea.--Gunners' passage.--Walking wounded.--Hamlets of the world.--Retreat.--Part in a play.--The priest.--Night in Algiers.--Medal from Jerusalem.--The veterans reflect.--Act of faith.