The Man Without a Country - Edward Everett Hale - Living Fiction

Mar 07, 2022

The protagonist is a young US Army lieutenant, Philip Nolan, who develops a friendship with the visiting Aaron Burr. When Burr is tried for treason (that historically occurred in 1807), Nolan is tried as an accomplice. During his testimony, he bitterly renounces his nation and, with a foul oath, angrily shouts, "I wish I may never hear of the United States again!" The judge is completely shocked at that announcement and, on convicting him, icily grants him his wish. Nolan is to spend the rest of his life aboard US Navy warships in exile with no right ever to set foot on US soil again and with explicit orders that no one shall ever again mention his country to him.

"The Man Without a Country" is a short story by American writer Edward Everett Hale, first published in The Atlantic in December 1863. Living Fiction was a multi-departmental effort by Northwestern University to create an educational radio show featuring great fiction. (Wikipedia)

Originally Broadcast 2/6/1954

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