Andre Malraux's The Walnut Trees Of Altenburg was written in the early years of the second World War, during a period of enforced leisure when he was taken prisoner by the Germans after the fall of France.

But as he remarks in his preface to The Walnut Trees, `` a novel can hardly ever be rewritten '', and `` when this one appears in its final form, the form of the first part will no doubt be radically changed ''.

The theme of The Walnut Trees Of Altenburg is most closely related to its immediate predecessor in Malraux's array of novels: Man's Hope ( 1937 ).

The Walnut Trees Of Altenburg is composed in the form of a triptych, with the two small side panels framing and enclosing the main central episode of the novel.

The entire middle section of The Walnut Trees is taken up with the life of Vincent Berger himself, whose fragmentary notes on his `` encounters with mankind '' are now conveyed by his son.

A surviving first section, titled The Walnut Trees of Altenburg, was published after the war.

Trees bearing nuts such as Oak, Hickory, Beech, Walnut, Butternut, and Chestnut would have reduced nut crops by cold weather.

The ancient Karyæ (" Walnut Trees ") supposedly was one of the six adjacent villages that united to form the original township of Sparta, and the hometown of Menelaos ' queen, Helen of Troy.

Today the grant includes the cities of Bell Gardens, Bell, Maywood, Vernon, Huntington Park, Walnut Park, Cudahy, South Gate, Lynwood and Commerce.

While the community of Cape St. Claire lies entirely within the CDP and accounts for approximately 80 % of the homes and residents, the CDP also includes the smaller communities of Atlantis, Walnut Ridge, Green Holly, and St. Claire Court.

The civil parish of Walton includes the districts of Browns Wood, Caldecotte, Old Farm Park, Tilbrook, Towergate, Walton, Walton Hall, Walton Park, Walnut Tree and Wavendon Gate.

The suburban flora includes Japanese Yew ( Taxus cuspidata ), Amur Velvet, Manchurian Walnut ( Juglans mandschurica ), Ermann's Birch ( Betula ermannii ), Eleutherococcus, Lotus ( Nelumbo nucifera, a rare and very beautiful water-plant that can be found in several small lakes twelve kilometers from Arsenyev ).

Due to Walnut Creek's high ridership and large catchment area, BART has proposed that the station be the center of a 5. 3-acre ( 2. 1-ha ) transit-oriented development scheme which includes 440 residential units, of office space, of retail space, and 1, 373 parking spaces.

Back in the United States, Lynch returned to Virginia, but since his parents had moved to Walnut Creek, California, he was forced to stay with his friend Tony Keeler for a while, before he decided to move to the city of Philadelphia, where, at the advice of Jack Fisk, who was already attending it, he decided to enroll at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, something he preferred far more than his previous art college in Boston, claiming that " In Philadelphia there were great and serious painters, and everybody was inspiring one another and it was a beautiful time there.

Charles Tufts had inherited the land, a barren hill which was one of the highest points in the Boston area, called Walnut HIll, and when asked by a family member what he intended to do with the land, he said " I will put a light on it.

The Fulton Theatre was later modified by noted theatrical architect Edwin Forrest Durang, is one of only three theatres recognized as National Historic Landmarks ( the others are the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia and the Goldenrod Showboat in St. Louis, Missouri ).

Established in 1850 by John W. Sharp, Walnut Grove is one of the earliest settlements along the Sacramento River.

Walnut Hill was at one time the intersection of two of the main roads in Illinois: the George Rogers Clark Trace, and the Yadda Road.

At the end of the 19th century, " the valley of Walnut Creek was one continuous mining camp, known under different names, Jerome, Diamond, Mystic, Clarksdale, Rathbun and Darby " ( later known as Darbyville )

A building from Walnut Lake was to be hauled to the railroad workers camp about one half mile west of Easton, but because the ground was too muddy, it was left standing on the land now occupied by The Club.

There is one police station and it is located on Ramapo Valley Road across from the intersection with Walnut Street.

North Wales ' Main and Walnut Streets have been home to many businesses over the town's history and these two thoroughfares still serve the community today by providing a number of basic services such as one Tae Kwon Do school, two banks, a variety of hair salons and beauty parlors, a pharmacy, doctors ' offices, a dry cleaner, a running and walking shoe specialty store, a yoga studio, two auto repair facilities, two auto body shops, two laundromats, a post office, convenience store, and a custom cabinetry shop, among many others.

Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Walnut Grove ranks 78th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.

They would stay for only one year, before returning to Walnut Grove.

Although it deviated from the original books in many respects, the television series, which was set in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, was one of a few long-running successful dramatic family shows.

Morrissey also chose Nomi's version of Schumann's " Der Nussbaum " (" The Walnut Tree ") as one his selections on BBC Radio 4's " Desert Island Discs " in November 2009.

The Chew family ’ s house on Third Street was situated between Spruce and Walnut Streets, next door to the house of Philadelphia Mayor Samuel Powel and his wife, Elizabeth Willing Powel, who was one of George Washington ’ s closest confidantes.

* Walnut ( or kurumi-natural walnut shell ): In this rare example of the kataborinetsuke ( 形彫根付 ) style, the meat from the nut was removed by various means, one being the insertion of a small worm in a hole in the nut to consume the meat.

The Country Stampede Music Festival – one of the largest music festivals in the country – and the bluegrass / acoustic Walnut Valley Festival are testament to the continued popularity of these music genres in the state.

The religious public had become impressed with the growing importance of the great west ; a theological seminary had been founded at Walnut Hills, near Cincinnati, Ohio, and named Lane Theological Seminary, after one of its principal benefactors, and a large amount of money was pledged to the institution on condition that Beecher accept the presidency, which he did in 1832.

Two from nearby town of Vorden, California and one from Walnut Grove contracted tradesmen to construct three buildings.

It is one of the last " safe " places for nature to exist in Walnut due to overdevelopment and overpopulation.

Working in his studio just a few blocks away at Thirteenth and Walnut Streets, Maxfield Parrish received one of his first commissions in 1894 from Mask and Wig.

Walnut oil was one of the most important oils used by Renaissance painters.

At one time it was also called Walnut.

Many of the city's more affluent residents, both black and white, left the city after the war, moving to neighboring Alameda, Berkeley, Albany and El Cerrito to the north ; to San Leandro, Hayward, Castro Valley and Fremont in Southern Alameda County ; and to the newly developing East Bay suburbs, Orinda, Lafayette, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek and Concord.

According to Little Rock's account, a war party of about 200 Cheyennes from a camp above the forks of Walnut Creek departed camp intending to go out against the Pawnee.

The used car lot (" Campus Cars ") that Dave's father owns was on S. Walnut St., and was a real used car lot for many years, but now has two small commercial buildings on the property ; it is located at 1010 S. Walnut St. Next door is the local Honda motorcycle franchise seen in the background of the famous " Refund?

The racial makeup of Walnut Park was 9, 046 ( 56. 7 %) White, 70 ( 0. 4 %) African American, 277 ( 1. 7 %) Native American, 89 ( 0. 6 %) Asian, 2 ( 0. 0 %) Pacific Islander, 5, 953 ( 37. 3 %) from other races, and 529 ( 3. 3 %) from two or more races.

The racial makeup of Walnut Grove was 943 ( 61. 2 %) White, 15 ( 1. 0 %) African American, 24 ( 1. 6 %) Native American, 110 ( 7. 1 %) Asian, 0 ( 0. 0 %) Pacific Islander, 402 ( 26. 1 %) from other races, and 48 ( 3. 1 %) from two or more races.

There were two elementary schools ' white ' school and Walnut Grove Oriental Elementary until the Japanese were forcefully moved out of the area at the start of World War II.

In the early 19th century, William Goins kept a tavern that was presumably on land homesteaded by Goings about two miles south of Walnut Hill ( in Jefferson County ).

Unbelievably, the Catlett home built in 1811 is still standing two hundred years later, and has long been used as the " servants quarters " of Beechmoor Place, a large home located on Walnut Street ( U. S. Routes 23 and 60 ).

To either side of the valley lie several hills, including Walnut Hill, Drank Hill and Snow Mountain to the west and Mary Lyon Hill and Moonshine Hill to the east, both of which are between the two brooks.

The Bangor Public Schools consist of two elementaries, Primary ( grades K-2 ) and South Walnut ( grades 3-5 ), Bangor Middle School ( grades 6-8 ) and Bangor High School ( grades 9-12 ).

Village Park, Papio Bay Aquatic Center ( including two water slides and a zero depth pool ) and Walnut Creek recreational park round out just a few of the many parks and recreational interest points of the city.

The two creeks in the village, Silver Creek and Walnut Creek, drain into the lake.

It has two public beaches: Walnut Beach, near the harbor, and Lake Shore Park, originally a Public Works Administration project, on the opposite side of the harbor.

Bancroft died in 1918 in Walnut Creek, California, two days after being struck by a street car.

Carly Beth Caldwell is an 11-year-old girl who is a target for pranks and practical jokes, some of which are played by Chuck Greene and Steve Boswell, two of her friends at Walnut Avenue Middle School.

In 1959, construction began on a new 1, 549-foot transmission tower near Walnut Grove for KCRA-TV, KXTV and KOVR ; it would take two years to complete.

Lutz received a bachelor's degree in Production Management in 1961 followed by an MBA with a concentration in Marketing with highest honors in 1962, both from UC Berkeley ; he earned the latter when he was flying in the United States Marine Corps Reserve's 4th Marine Aircraft Wing and supporting two of four young daughters by selling vacuum cleaners in Walnut Creek, California.

Its boundaries are 18th Street to the East, Walnut St. to the north, Rittenhouse Square West ( a north-south boundary street ), and Rittenhouse Square South ( an east-west boundary street ), making the park approximately two short blocks on each side.