The Man Without a Country and Its History

A "fascinating introduction...." -Martin Griffin, NY Times Opinionator

In Hales' 1897 edition of "The Man Without a Country" he includes a fascinating introduction in which he explains the details of his original ideas for writing the bestseller and the story of its initial publication in The Atlantic. It is this introduction along with the story itself that has been republished here for the interested reader.

In beginning his introduction Hale writes:

"The publisher of this edition of THE MAN...