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Man Without A County by Edward Everett Hale
Fourth installment recounts Philip Nolan's fate after a life of loyalty to the United States. Nolan, isolated from Texas since its early upheavals, dies aboard a ship while cherished by officers and men who reflect on his patriotism. A confidant records Nolan’s final hours, his map of the United States, and the wish to be buried at sea.
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Philip Nolan
Truston
Texas
Nolan
Mexico
United States
Harry Cole
Old Burr
Butch
Buenos Aires
Nolin
Wild Rées
Stephen
Italy
Austin
Honduras
Tamaulipas
California
Walters
Williams
Edward Morris
Thomas Roe
Danforth
Levant
Jeter
Department
Southard
Washington
Beres
Fred
Indiana
Mississippi
Louisiana
Pacific
America
Burr
Ente Demerin
Ohio
Kentucky
Miciigan
Fort Adams
Oregon
Chesapeake
Barron
Barr
Tan
Olf
David Porter
Patton
Scott
Jackson
New Orleans
Legion of the West
Grant
Vicksburg
Old Vick
Ingham
West Point
Naval School
Robinson Crusoe
Abel
Benjamin Lincoln
General Lincoln
Abe
Harding
Smithsonian
Crawford
Liberty
Greenough
Episcopal Collect
Order of Cincinnati
Orleans
Army of the