The Man Without a Country
This story came out mid-war in the Atlantic Monthly, a work of fiction, more or less, depending on who you ask.
It was still in the textbooks when I was a child. I remember it impressed the heck out of me.
We do not use the word Treason in our society so much today. Maybe we should.
http://digital.library.cornell.edu/c...atla0012-5%3A1
Mrs. Lawson
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Mrs. L,
I too remember this work in my formative school years.
An extremely compelling story. It was required reading in both Literature and History classes.
Thank you for posting it.
I do. You can ask me when.Originally Posted by Spinster
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There was a movie version of it with Cliff Robertson.
Respects, Scott B. Lesch
My History and Toy Soldier "blog"
http://ilikethethingsilike.blogspot.com/
Helping my employers achieve the American Dream since 1978.
If there's one thing I can't stand seeing, it's Americans fighting Americans.
~Dan Aykroyd as Sergeant Frank Tree in 1941
Great find Mrs. Lawson.I plan on reading it as soon as things quiet down from exams.
Cullen Smith
South Union Guard
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didn't know...
the story wasn't being taught anymore. Guess we backward provinical Western PA schools are anachronistic. Our HS still reads it in grade 9. I'm done now...
Peter Kappas, reenactor
63rd PVI Co. C
Freedom, PA
The author (Edward Everett Hale) showed considerable knowledge of how the Navy worked and dropped prominent historical Navy names, though he was never in the Navy himself. Fascinating reading.
Bob Dispenza
US Naval Landing Party (www.usnlp.org)
Navy and Marine Living History Association
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"George, you may be thankful that you can go to school instead of having the school houses used as Hospitals…And if you never see me again, remember that my advice was never to throw away three years of the best of youthful life in hunting for men with intent to kill."
William Clark Allen, Company K, 72nd Indiana Volunteers, December 21, 1862
"The Man Without a Country" was Hale's masterpiece. Nothing else he wrote (and he was quite prolific) comes anywhere as close. He did write an amusing story in which a group of Greek warriors singing Homer meet with a group of Hebrews sing David and compare them.
Rob Weaver
Pine River Boys, Co I, 7th Wisconsin
"We're... Christians, what read the Bible and foller what it says about lovin' your enemies and carin' for them what despitefully use you -- that is, after you've downed 'em good and hard."
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I read "The Man Without A Country" in my 10th Grade literature book last year. Ah, the joys of homeschool
Cody Allen Dillman
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Ha...you don't get "snow days."
Respects, Scott B. Lesch
My History and Toy Soldier "blog"
http://ilikethethingsilike.blogspot.com/
Helping my employers achieve the American Dream since 1978.
If there's one thing I can't stand seeing, it's Americans fighting Americans.
~Dan Aykroyd as Sergeant Frank Tree in 1941
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