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The Man Without a Country Nolan’s exile tale told anew
A narrator recounts Philip Nolan the Navy officer sentenced for treason and banished from the United States. The piece traces his court martial, the harsh verdict, and how Navy officials arranged a long cruise to keep him from ever hearing of or seeing his homeland. The story notes archival secrecy and the moral shock to old officers.
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New York Herald
Nolan
Levant
Philip Nolan
Missionfouse
Mackinac
Lake Superior
Stubbie
Herald
Phillip Nolan
Bosen
Madison
Naval
Fureau
Sela
Rees
Washington
Tuckers
Watsons
Watlan
Washlington
Crowninshields
Navy Department
Legion of “West
New Orleans
Fort Manee
Burr
Jefferson
House of Virginia
House of York
Richmond
Mississippi Valley
Puget Sound
Fort Adams
A. Burr
United States
Colonel Morgan
West
Orleans
Vera Cruz
Texas
Georges Fengen
Jore
Morgan
George Washington
Benedict Arnald
King George
Hven-Nolan
Marshal
Old .Morgan
Mitchell
Washington City
Secretary of the Navy
Tingey
Shaw
Intrepid
Neale
Mieutenant
United States Army
W. Southard