Donegan and the Splendid Little War

About the Book

Patrick Donegan, the fictionalized protagonist of Donegan and the Splendid Little War, is a war-profiteer and pro-Cuban journalist during the Spanish-American War. He becomes involved with the great historical and literary figures of the period, including Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, Winston Churchill, William Randolph Hearst, Ambrose Bierce, Richard Harding Davis, and Stephen Crane. Donegan inadvertently and unhappily participates in all the major events of the era, including the attack on San Juan and Kettle hills, the naval battle at Santiago harbor, and the assassination of President William McKinley.

About the Author

Thomas Morrissey, a Georgetown University graduate, taught American and European history for over thirty years in Philadelphia. Mr. Morrissey, the married father of two children, performed extensive scholarly research for Donegan and the Panama Canal, a fictional account of how the United States obtained the Panama Canal in 1903. Mr. Morrissey is also the author of Donegan and the Splendid Little War, an historical novel of the 1898 Spanish-American War.