Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser
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- First published
- 1898
- Pages
- 102Digital edition
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- 4 of 10
A little about the story
In the Spanish-American War of 1898, a brave young American sailor called Young Glory and his friend Dan Daly face Spanish officers, prison and battle at sea. The climax is a fight between an American gunboat and a Spanish cruiser.
This is a genuine dime novel from the summer of 1898, written to cash in on the war fever of the moment. It is short, melodramatic and a fascinating piece of popular history.
Things You May Not Know About Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser
- A real dime novel. It came from the semi-monthly Young Glory series of Patriotic War Stories.
- Published in 1898, during the war itself.
- Dan Daly is an Irish boatswain's mate who has served on the battleship Indiana.
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Part of Freebookia's children's classics collection, added November 2026.
