Project Gutenberg 2012-11-21 Public domain in the USA. 210 Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) 1872 1957 Brereton, Frederick Sadleir Under the Star-Spangled Banner: A Tale of the Spanish-American War Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Under the Star-Spangled Banner: A Tale of the Spanish-American War" by Captain F. S. Brereton is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the character Hal Marchant, a young man from Birmingham who faces sudden adversity after his father's financial ruin and subsequent death. The narrative explores themes of resilience, courage, and the transition from a life of comfort to one of hardship, as Hal embarks on a journey that leads him ultimately to America in pursuit of a new beginning. At the start of the book, we find Birmingham engulfed in a thick fog, setting a somber tone for the troubles soon to unfold in the Marchant family. Hal's father, Mr. Marchant, is confronted with financial catastrophe that shatters their once-thriving industrial business and leads to his demise from the shock. As Hal copes with his father's death and the loss of their family fortune, he resolves to leave Birmingham for America, compelled by the desire to reshape his destiny. The opening chapters set the stage for Hal's transformation from a privileged background to a life filled with uncertainty and adventure, hinting at the larger conflicts and historical backdrop of the Spanish-American War. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41425/41425-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 80.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Adventure 567651 2025-08-16T16:35:35.856929 text/html 547288 2024-10-23T12:20:53 text/html 764387 2025-08-16T16:35:42.046911 application/epub+zip 772948 2025-08-16T16:35:36.722941 application/epub+zip 289817 2025-08-16T16:35:36.267913 application/epub+zip 945324 2025-08-16T16:35:46.373912 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 913380 2025-08-16T16:35:41.534910 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 430962 2022-09-19T03:40:19.167111 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 545400 2025-08-16T16:35:35.049920 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 525392 2024-10-23T12:20:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16330 2025-08-16T16:35:46.505878 application/rdf+xml 19571 2025-08-16T16:35:36.354941 image/jpeg 3003 2025-08-16T16:35:36.311913 image/jpeg 733467 2025-08-16T16:35:35.915910 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