The man without a country / Hale, Edward Everett

A parable of patriotism, written at the height of the Civil War, which tells the story of Philip Nolan, a young officer who, while on trial for misconduct, expresses a wish never to hear of the United States again, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life on board a ship, barred from any news of home.

A parable of patriotism, written at the height of the Civil War, which tells the story of Philip Nolan, a young officer who, while on trial for misconduct, expresses a wish never to hear of the United States again, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life on board a ship, barred from any news of home.

Contains Edward Hale's "The Man Without a Country," in which an army officer, Aaron Burr, disowns his country; and "A Message to Garcia," by Elbert Hubbard, in which a Cuban war hero delivers President McKinley's letter to Garc?a, along with two additional essays by Hubbard.

A parable of patriotism, written at the height of the Civil War, which tells the story of Philip Nolan, a young officer who, while on trial for misconduct, expresses a wish never to hear of the United States again, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life on board a ship, barred from any news of home.