No Man's Land is a novel written by Louis Joseph Vance. The story is set in the early 1900s and follows the adventures of a young American man named Anthony Cleigh. Anthony is a wealthy and privileged young man who has never had to work for anything in his life. However, when he falls in love with a young woman named Sylvia Landis, he decides to leave his comfortable life behind and join the French Foreign Legion to prove his worth to her.Anthony soon finds himself in the middle of a war in North Africa, where he must fight for his life and the lives of his fellow soldiers. As he struggles to survive in the harsh desert environment, he also begins to question his own motives for joining the Legion and wonders if his love for Sylvia is worth risking his life for.Throughout the novel, Anthony faces many challenges and learns valuable lessons about courage, loyalty, and the true meaning of love. No Man's Land is a thrilling adventure story that explores the complexities of human relationships and the sacrifices we are willing to make for those we love.1910. No Man's Land by Vance, American screenwriter, short story writer and novelist begins: A gentleman who, leaving his offices on lower Broadway a trifle after four, presently ensconced himself in a corner seat of a Subway express and opened before him a damp afternoon paper (with an eye for the market reports) was surprised, when the train crashed heavily into the Fourteenth Street station, to find himself afoot and making for the door: this although his intention had been to alight at Grand Central. Thus it may be, that trickster in us all, which we are accustomed vaguely to denominate the subconscious mind, directs our actions to an end predestined. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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