The drab state of the protagonist's army uniform leads to his adopting the nickname "Plain Buttons," which sticks until he dies on the Levant.
A commotion is caused in this novel when the protagonist throws away a copy of Sir Walter Scott's The Lay of the Last Minstrel after reading a disturbing passage. The drab state of the protagonist's army uniform leads to his adopting the nickname "Plain Buttons," which sticks until he dies on the Levant. His defiance shocks Colonel Morgan during his trial, which leads him to be set adrift on naval ships with a letter instructing the officers not to mention a certain place. For 10 points, name this novel about Philip Nolan by Edward Everett Hale.
A commotion is caused in this novel when the protagonist throws away a copy of Sir Walter Scott's The Lay of the Last Minstrel after reading a disturbing passage.
The {Man Without a Country}