Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Big Bad Ironclad!

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Each of the books in Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales has elements of the strange but true and is presented in an engaging, funny format, highlighting the larger-than-life characters that pop up in real history. Big Bad Ironclad! covers the history of the amazing ironclad steam warships used in the Civil War.
From the ship’s inventor, who had a history of blowing things up and only 100 days to complete his project, to the mischievous William Cushing, who pranked his way through the...
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Overview

Each of the books in Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales has elements of the strange but true and is presented in an engaging, funny format, highlighting the larger-than-life characters that pop up in real history. Big Bad Ironclad! covers the history of the amazing ironclad steam warships used in the Civil War.
From the ship’s inventor, who had a history of blowing things up and only 100 days to complete his project, to the mischievous William Cushing, who pranked his way through the whole war, this book is filled with surprisingly true facts and funny, brave characters that modern readers will easily relate to.

Praise for Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Big Bad Ironclad
"Livelier than the typical history textbook but sillier than the many outstanding works on the Civil War available for young readers, this will appeal to both history buffs and graphic-novel enthusiasts."
—Kirkus Reviews

"Readers interested in American history will enjoy these graphic novels... Comic panels of varying sizes enhance the real-life events and support the stories’ over-the-top humor... the writing is accessible and entertaining; author Hale’s style gives readers an insider-y, you-are-there-type scoop."
—Horn Book

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Children's Literature - Kathie M. Josephs
No, there is not a mistake with the author's name. The Nathan Hale in history was executed as a spy in 1776. The author Nathan Hale was born in 1976 and writes this story about the Civil War. During the Civil War ships were used for battle, but the downfall of that was that boats sunk when cannon balls hit them. In this story, someone comes up with the brilliant idea of covering the ship in iron; but the question is, will the ship still float or will it be too heavy and sink? Both the North and South want to find out and the race began to see who would complete the new ship first. In this book there is humor, characters that are just amazing, and I was pleasantly surprised to find many historical facts about the Civil War. I also found the vocabulary used is excellent and explained. For example: "King George's unstoppable Navy will become totally obsolete." "Obsa what?" "Obsolete, it means useless." This is a great book to hook kids on history. The story runs smoothly, the illustrations are terrific, and it is a book that can been read over and over again and still be interesting. Both boys and girls will enjoy it and it would make a perfect gift. Reviewer: Kathie M. Josephs
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Travel with Nathan Hale back to 1861 for the famous Civil War battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia, the war's first ironclad ships. Unless readers have read Hale's One Dead Spy (2012) first, they may well wonder why the famous spy Nathan Hale, hanged for espionage in 1776, is telling this future story of naval warfare during the Civil War. It turns out that Nathan Hale--the spy, not the author--was standing at the gallows when he was swallowed by a giant book of American history. He lives to tell about it and, presumably, other tales of America for future volumes of Hazardous Tales. This volume, completed prior to One Dead Spy, is a wild ride of a graphic novel, featuring not only Nathan Hale, but his hangman, a fox representing Gustavus Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and the various participants in the battle. Sketched, inked and colored in Photoshop, the two-color, frenetic volume succeeds in presenting the chaos of war. The backmatter is notable for its informative biographies of key players, a timeline, and a small but well-selected bibliography. Livelier than the typical history textbook but sillier than the many outstanding works on the Civil War available for young readers, this will appeal to both history buffs and graphic-novel enthusiasts. (Graphic historical fiction. 8-12)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781419703959
  • Publisher: Abrams, Harry N., Inc.
  • Publication date: 8/1/2012
  • Pages: 128
  • Sales rank: 171,213
  • Age range: 8 - 12 Years
  • Product dimensions: 5.80 (w) x 7.60 (h) x 0.60 (d)

Meet the Author

Nathan Hale is the illustrator of the graphic novel Rapunzel’s Revenge, which was an Al Roker Book Club for Kids selection, an ALA Notable Book, and a YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens and earned three starred reviews. He is also the illustrator of several picture books. He lives in Provo, Utah, with his wife and their two children.

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