The title character of this novel receives the nickname "Plain Buttons" because he is not allowed to wear any official insignia.
The title character of this novel receives the nickname "Plain Buttons" because he is not allowed to wear any official insignia. When he is near death, he asks Captain Danforth of the Levant to come to his room, which is decorated with a map and a picture of George Washington. His life changes after he is put on trial for helping Aaron Burr, when he offends a judge who is also a veteran of the Revolutionary War by saying that he would be happy if he never heard another word about the United States. The judge takes him up on the offer, and he spends the rest of his life on navy vessels. For 10 points, name this 1865 work about Philip Nolan by Edward Everett Hale.
The title character of this novel receives the nickname "Plain Buttons" because he is not allowed to wear any official insignia.
The {Man Without a Country}