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100 1 _aBrereton, F. S.
_q(Frederick Sadleir),
_d1872-1957
245 1 0 _aUnder the Star-Spangled Banner: A Tale of the Spanish-American War
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2012
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2012-11-21
508 _aProduced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Under the Star-Spangled Banner: A Tale of the Spanish-American War" by Captain F. S. Brereton is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the character Hal Marchant, a young man from Birmingham who faces sudden adversity after his father's financial ruin and subsequent death. The narrative explores themes of resilience, courage, and the transition from a life of comfort to one of hardship, as Hal embarks on a journey that leads him ultimately to America in pursuit of a new beginning. At the start of the book, we find Birmingham engulfed in a thick fog, setting a somber tone for the troubles soon to unfold in the Marchant family. Hal's father, Mr. Marchant, is confronted with financial catastrophe that shatters their once-thriving industrial business and leads to his demise from the shock. As Hal copes with his father's death and the loss of their family fortune, he resolves to leave Birmingham for America, compelled by the desire to reshape his destiny. The opening chapters set the stage for Hal's transformation from a privileged background to a life filled with uncertainty and adventure, hinting at the larger conflicts and historical backdrop of the Spanish-American War. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aSpanish-American War, 1898 -- Juvenile fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41425
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