Recollections Grave and Gay - Paperback

by Fotini Eleftheriadou (Illustrator), George Horton (Author)

The book describes the period of Mr. Horton's services as a US Consul in the Kingdom of Greece. His service spans 31 years from 1893 to 1924 and describes these years representing the United States in Athens, Smyrna, Thessaloniki, Smyrna, and Budapest. Inside the pages of this book you can read about his love towards Hellenism starting with his first view of the Parthenon, from on board his arriving steamer. The Hellenic Electronic Center (HEC) re-published this book in 2007. The publication was funded by AHEPA-Athens HJ-1

Author Biography

George Horton was born in Fairville, New York on October 11, 1859 and died in 1942. Horton was US Consul General in Greece and the Ottoman Empire from 1883 to 1924. He witnessed the Great Fire in Smyrna in 1922 and he wrote the renowned book, The Blight of Asia. Horton was a member of AHEPA. He was the author of about 20 books including the best seller Like Another Helen.