Under the Star-Spangled Banner: A Tale of the Spanish-American War
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Chapters (54)
- UNDER THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
- A Tale of the Spanish-American War
- AUTHOR OF "WITH RIFLE AND BAYONET," "THE DRAGON OF PEKIN," "A GALLANT GRENADIER," ETC., ETC.
- "THE BOWS OF THE MAINE WERE CRUSHED INTO SHAPELESS WRECKAGE."
- CONTENTS
- UNDER THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
- CHAPTER I
- THE MARCHANT FOUNDRY
- CHAPTER II
- "FACE TROUBLES LIKE A MAN"
- CHAPTER III
- AN EVENTFUL VOYAGE
- CHAPTER IV
- A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
- CHAPTER V
- NO REST FOR THE WEARY
- CHAPTER VI
- A FRIEND IN NEED
- CHAPTER VII
- ALL BUT KILLED
- CHAPTER VIII
- THE LOSS OF THE "MAINE"
- CHAPTER IX
- "THE EVER-FAITHFUL ISLAND"
- CHAPTER X
- A SUDDEN ATTACK
- CHAPTER XI
- A BOLD COURSE
- CHAPTER XII
- A RISKY UNDERTAKING
- CHAPTER XIII
- IN DANGER AND DISTRESS
- CHAPTER XIV
- A DASH FOR LIBERTY
- CHAPTER XV
- WITH THE AMERICAN FLEET
- HAL AND HIS COMPANION ESCAPE FROM SANTIAGO.
- CHAPTER XVI
- THE BEGINNING OF HOSTILITIES
- CHAPTER XVII
- A BAPTISM OF FIRE
- "HAL AND GERALD RAN TO THE AFTER GUN."
- CHAPTER XVIII
- A DESPERATE UNDERTAKING
- CHAPTER XIX
- FORTUNE FAVORS THE BRAVE
- CHAPTER XX
- THE INVASION OF CUBA
- "HE AIMED CAREFULLY AND FIRED."
- CHAPTER XXI
- NEARING THE END
- CHAPTER XXII
- THE FLOWER OF THE HACIENDA
- THE END
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