Major Impossible
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales Series
Author: Nathan Hale
Book 9 in the Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series
Pages: 128
Published: 2019
Age: 8+
The story of John Wesley Powell, the one-armed geologist who explored the Grand Canyon
John Wesley Powell (1834 - 1902) always had the spirit of adventure in him. As a young man, he traveled all over the United States exploring. When the Civil War began, Powell went to fight for the Union, and even after he lost most of his right arm, he continued to fight until the war was over. In 1869 he embarked with the Colorado River Exploring Expedition, ten men in four boats, to float through Grand Canyon.
Over the course of three months, the explorers lost their boats and supplies, nearly drowned, and were in peril on multiple occasions. Ten explorers went in, only six came out. Powell would come to be known as one of the most epic explorers in history!
Equal parts gruesome and hilarious, this latest installment in the bestselling series takes readers on an action-packed adventure through American history.
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About the Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales Series
Books in series order
- 1.One Dead Spy: A Revolutionary War Tale(2012)
- 2.Big Bad Ironclad! A Civil War Tale(2012)
- 3.Donner Dinner Party: A Pioneer Tale(2013)
- 4.Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood: A World War I Tale(2014)
- 5.The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale(2015)
- 6.Alamo All-Stars: A Texas Tale(2016)
- 7.Raid of No Return: A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid(2017)
- 8.Lafayette!(2018)
- 9.Major Impossible(2019)
- 10.Blades of Freedom: a Louisiana Purchase Tale(2020)
- 11.Cold War Correspondent: A Korean War Tale(2021)
- 12.Above the Trenches(2023)
Reading age: 8+ years
"I regret that I have but one life to give for my country."
These are the famous last words of Nathan Hale, a spy for the American rebels in the Revolutionary War.
But who was Nathan Hale? And how did the rebels defeat an army that was bigger, better, stronger and more heavily armed than they were? Find the answers to these questions, as well as many more stories of ingenuity, close calls with danger, and acts of heroism in Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales – a graphic novel series for middle-grade readers dedicated to telling the most thrilling, shocking, gruesome, and TRUE stories of American history. Read them all—if you dare!