One Dead Spy (nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #1)
A Revolutionary War Tale
Abrams Fanfare · Print & ebook · August 1, 2012
Meet America’s first spy, Nathan Hale, in this installment of the New York Times bestselling Hazardous Tale graphic novel series! “These books are, quite simply, brilliant. . . .
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- Who it’s for
- Revolutionary War history gets a graphic-novel treatment, with danger, ingenuity, and heroism in the mix.
- Themes
- Revolutionary War, Espionage, Ingenuity and heroism
- Pacing
- Fast
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Meet America’s first spy, Nathan Hale, in this installment of the New York Times bestselling Hazardous Tale graphic novel series! “These books are, quite simply, brilliant. . . . Thrilling, bloody, action-packed stories from American history.” —New York Times “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 this Nathan Hale?
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And how did the rebels defeat an army that was bigger, stronger, and more heavily armed than they were? One Dead Spy has answers to these questions, as well as stories of ingenuity, close calls with danger, and acts of heroism in the American War of Independence. Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales take young readers into American history with graphic novels that bring the dangerous, bloody, exciting history of America to life. The Revolutionary War and the Civil War, World War I and World War II, the Donner Party, the Marquis de Lafayette, Harriet Tubman, the Alamo, and more all come to life in a way that will excite young readers of history. Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales! Read them all—if you dare! One Dead Spy: A Revolutionary War Tale (#1) Big Bad Ironclad!: A Civil War Tale (#2) Donner Dinner Party: A Pioneer Tale (#3) Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood: A World War I Tale (#4) The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman (#5) Alamo All-Stars: A Texas Tale (#6) Raid of No Return: A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid (#7) Lafayette!: A Revolutionary War Tale (#8) Major Impossible: A Grand Canyon Tale (#9) Blades of Freedom: A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase (#10) Cold War Correspondent: A Korean War Tale (#11) Above the Trenches: A WWI Flying Ace Tale (#12)
History in Panels
Revolutionary War history gets a graphic-novel treatment, with danger, ingenuity, and heroism in the mix.
Come here for
- A lively route into America’s War of Independence
- Close calls and cleverness alongside the history
Expect
- A graphic novel centered on spy Nathan Hale
- An energetic blend of historical insight and adventure
Where it sits
| Comics History | 63% |
|---|---|
| Colonial & Revolutionary U.S. | 60% |
| Spies & Espionage | 43% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Colonial & Revolutionary U.S.
- Comics History
- Spies & Espionage
- Authors
- Nathan Hale
- Publisher
- Abrams Fanfare
- Published
- August 1, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Revolutionary War · Espionage · Ingenuity and heroism
- Reading lane
- Colonial & Revolutionary U.S.
Book 1 in the nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series.