USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

[SOURCES]
In The Man Without a Country, Aaron Burr and his followers, including Nolan, were tried for:

(A) murder

(B) desertion

(C) disobeidence

(D) ** treason

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -[1] It is the story of American Army lieutenant Philip Nolan, who renounces his country during a trial for treason and is consequently sentenced to spend the rest of his days at sea without so much as a word of news about the United States.

Concept note-2: -Nolan is sentenced to permanent exile aboard a series of U.S. warships, never again to hear news from or speak of his country. Decades pass. Shuttled from ocean to ocean, Nolan realizes he is a stateless person, estranged from his keepers and forgotten by his country.

Concept note-3: -A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut is a collection of non-fiction essays reflecting on humor, politics, religion, education, prejudice, ignorance, the environment, art, war, and more.

Concept note-4: -During the course of research he discovered that the book was not based on a true story although it was inspired by the Aaron Burr conspiracy. He eventually succeeded in getting sponsorship from Eastman Kodak.