Major Impossible (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #9): A Grand Canyon Tale
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Major Impossible (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #9): A Grand Canyon Tale
By (Author) Nathan Hale
Abrams
Amulet Books
3rd December 2019
United States
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: History and the past
973.7
Physical Properties
Hardback
128
Width 140mm, Height 191mm
Description
Explore the Grand Canyon with John Wesley Powell in Major Impossible, a Hazardous Tale from author-illustrator Nathan Hales 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 Expeditionten men in four boatsto 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 Hales Hazardous Tales! Read them allif 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)
Author Bio
Nathan Hale is the #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of the Nathan Hales Hazardous Tales series. He also wrote and illustrated the graphic novels One Trick Pony and Apocalypse Taco. Hale lives in Utah, and you can find him online.
