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Product Identifiers
PublisherAbrams, Inc.
ISBN-101419737082
ISBN-139781419737084
eBay Product ID (ePID)18038412879
Product Key Features
Book TitleMajor Impossible (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #9) : a Grand Canyon Tale
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2019
TopicHistory / Military & Wars, History / Exploration & Discovery, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Comics & Graphic Novels / History
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction, History
AuthorNathan Hale
Book SeriesNathan Hale's Hazardous Tales Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight11.7 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience
LCCN2019-939699
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromThird Grade
Grade ToSeventh Grade
Dewey Decimal979.1/3
SynopsisThe ninth book in the bestselling series tells 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., Explore the Grand Canyon with John Wesley Powell in Major Impossible , a Hazardous Tale from author-illustrator Nathan Hale's New York Times bestselling graphic novel series. "These books are, quite simply, brilliant. . . . Thrilling, bloody, action-packed stories from American history." -- New York Times John Wesley Powell 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 the 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, but only six came out. Powell would come to be known as one of the most epic explorers in 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)
LC Classification NumberF788.H224 2019
