Cold War Correspondent (nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #11) by Nathan Hale

Cold War Correspondent (nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #11)

A Korean War Tale

Nathan Hale

Harry N. Abrams · Print & ebook · October 26, 2021

Discover the Korean War through the eyes of a journalist who covered it in author-illustrator Nathan Hale’s Cold War Correspondent, a Hazardous Tale in the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series.

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Who it’s for
A graphic-history read that mixes wartime context with Nathan Hale’s buoyant tone.
Genres
Comics History, Biographies of Women for Kids, Military & Wars
Published
Harry N. Abrams, October 26, 2021

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About this book

Discover the Korean War through the eyes of a journalist who covered it in author-illustrator Nathan Hale’s Cold War Correspondent, a Hazardous Tale in the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series. In 1950, Marguerite Higgins (1920–1966) was made bureau chief of the Far East Asia desk for the New York Herald Tribune. Tensions were high on the Korean peninsula, where a border drawn after WWII split the country into North and South.

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When the North Korean army crossed the border with Soviet tanks, it was war. Marguerite was there when the Communists captured Seoul. She fled with the refugees heading south, but when the bridges were blown over the Han River, she was trapped in enemy territory. Her eyewitness account of the invasion was a newspaper smash hit. She risked her life in one dangerous situation after another––all for the sake of a good story. Then she was told that women didn’t belong on the frontlines. The United States Army officially ordered her out of Korea. She appealed to General Douglas MacArthur, and he personally lifted the ban on female war correspondents, which allowed her the chance to report on many of the major events of the Korean War. 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)

Why This Clicks

A graphic-history read that mixes wartime context with Nathan Hale’s buoyant tone.

Come here for

  • Comics-history storytelling with a playful edge
  • Cultural context you can talk about after

Expect

  • Short, brisk chapters
  • A smart blend of explanation and entertainment

Where it sits

Military & Wars89%
Comics History76%
Biographies of Women for Kids45%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Biographies of Women for Kids
  • Military & Wars
  • Comics History
Authors
Nathan Hale
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Published
October 26, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Biographies of Women for Kids

Book 11 in the nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales series.