Project Gutenberg 2005-05-20 Public domain in the USA. 733 Hale, Edward Everett 1822 1909 Ingham, Frederic Darragh, J. Thomas Hale, E. E. (Edward Everett) Hale, Edward E. The Man Without a Country, and Other Tales The man without a country -- The last of the Florida -- A piece of possible history -- The south american editor -- The old and the new, face to face -- The dot and line alphabet -- The last voyage of the Resolute -- My double, and how he undid me -- The children of the public -- The skeleton in the closet -- Christmas waits in Boston. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Josephine Paolucci, Joshua Hutchinson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Man Without a Country and Other Tales" by Edward Everett Hale is a collection of fictional stories written in the late 19th century. The most notable tale, "The Man Without a Country," explores themes of nationalism and individual rights through the experiences of its main character, Philip Nolan. The collection aims to evoke a sense of love for one’s country and to reflect on the implications of treason and exile. The opening of the tale delves into the backstory of Philip Nolan, a young officer who becomes embroiled in a plot led by Aaron Burr that ultimately leads him to curse his own country during a court-martial. As a result of his outburst, Nolan is sentenced to live the rest of his life on naval ships, forbidden ever to hear the name of the United States again. The narrative highlights his transformation from a war hero to "a man without a country," illustrating his eventual realization of remorse and yearning for the nation he has forsaken, which carries profound lessons on loyalty, identity, and the human condition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Historical fiction Sea stories Short stories, American Soldiers -- Fiction Stateless persons -- Fiction Exiles -- Fiction Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 -- Fiction PS Text Historical Fiction Harvard Classics Category: Short Stories Category: American Literature 537263 2025-08-07T04:39:20.589579 text/html 541928 2020-12-14T12:51:06 text/html 280849 2025-08-07T04:39:30.420559 application/epub+zip 285896 2025-08-07T04:39:24.466554 application/epub+zip 265373 2025-08-07T04:39:22.987554 application/epub+zip 514176 2025-08-07T04:39:34.716666 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491045 2025-08-07T04:39:29.454558 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 460855 2022-09-08T00:08:23.687485 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451619 2025-08-07T04:39:19.880614 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 451458 2020-12-14T12:51:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 451523 2020-12-14T12:51:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22575 2025-08-07T04:39:34.863494 application/rdf+xml 15631 2025-08-07T04:39:23.510557 image/jpeg 3604 2025-08-07T04:39:23.245566 image/jpeg 178349 2020-12-14T12:51:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 193642 2020-12-14T12:51:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 178283 2020-12-14T12:51:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 272483 2025-08-07T04:39:20.629645 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia