The Man Without a Country (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward Everett Hale
- First Published: 1863
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: United States and the high seas
- Principal Characters: Philip Nolan
- Genres: Short fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Prisoners, Nineteenth century, Exile or expatriates, Alienation, Civil War, Punishment, Ships, Loneliness, Treason, Navies
- Locales: United States, Oceans
The Story:
Few people noticed in the newspaper columns of 1863 the report of the death of Philip Nolan. Few people would have recognized his name, in fact, for since Madison’s administration went out in 1817, it had never been mentioned in public by any naval officer, and the records concerning his case had been destroyed by fire years before his death.
When he was a young officer in Texas, Philip Nolan met Aaron Burr and became involved in Burr’s infamous plot against the United States government. When Burr’s treason was revealed and the rebels were brought to...
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