Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #[1] - One Dead Spy

(2012)

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One Dead Spy: The Life, Times, and Last Words of Nathan Hale, America's Most Famous Spy

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Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; British soldiers

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Cataloging-in-publication data has been applied for and may be obtained from the Library of Congress.

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Front matter

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For Mindy

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Dedication

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September 22, 1776

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non-fiction; history

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Nathan Hale; hangman; provost

Synopsis

While waiting for the provost to arrive with written orders, captured spy Nathan Hale and his hangman chat amicably until Hale is swallowed by a huge book of American history. When the book returns him to the gallows, Hale knows all of the country's future.

Keywords

American Revolution; espionage; execution; gallows; hanging; hangman; New York; Revolutionary War; spy; War for Independence

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Chapter 1. In addition to such obvious humorous fantasies as the giant book, the historical story is highly fictionalized, or at least speculative.

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Your friends were right, you WILL die by hanging, as all spies do.

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Yale students

Synopsis

Hale tells his story: after he loses 21 hands of cards in a row, Hale's fellow students review his life and acclaim him the unluckiest man at Yale.

Keywords

American Revolution; Connecticut; New Haven; Yale

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Chapter 2

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So what's this war about?

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non-fiction; history

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Nathan Hale; hangman; provost

Synopsis

Nathan Hale and the provost debate the causes, rights, and wrongs of the American Revolution.

Keywords

American Revolution; Boston; Boston Massacre; Boston Tea Party; Massachusetts; Revolutionary War; War for Independence

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Chapter 3

["Have there been any good battles in this war?] (Table of Contents: 11)

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non-fiction; history

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Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Sergeant Hempstead; Henry Knox

Synopsis

Hale and the provost describe the siege of Boston and the Battle of Bunker Hill from their own perspectives. Hale describes his frustration at always just missing the actual fighting.

Keywords

American Revolution; army; Boston; Bunker Hill; Massachusetts; Revolutionary War; siege; War for Independence

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Chapter 4

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Captain Hale, Captain Hale!

Genre

non-fiction; history

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Nathan Hale; Sergeant Hempstead

Synopsis

Hale's starving troops are frustrated when an artillery round blows a cow to shreds.

Keywords

American Revolution; army; cow; Revolutionary War; War for Independence

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Chapter 5

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This story starts with a group called 'the Green Mountain Boys.'

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Ethan Allen; Benedict Arnold

Synopsis

Led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, the Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga. Allen launches an ill-advised attack on Montreal, but is taken prisoner.

Keywords

American Revolution; Fort Ticonderoga; Lake Champlain; Montreal; New York; Revolutionary War; Vermont; War for Independence

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Chapter 6

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No, no.

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Henry Knox

Synopsis

Henry Knox struggles mightily and ingeniously to move the great guns of Fort Ticonderoga through winter weather to reach George Washington outside Boston.

Keywords

American Revolution; artillery; cannon; Fort Ticonderoga; Hudson River; Lake George; Lake Ticonderoga; New York; Revolutionary War; snow; War for Independence; winter

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Chapter 7

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I'm tired of this siege!

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non-fiction; history

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Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Henry Knox; George Washington

Synopsis

Knox delivers the heavy guns to Washington, but the British troops in Boston are out of range. Washington orders a fort prefabricated, then moves it and the guns to Dorchester Heights under cover of darkness. Once the guns open fire on Boston below, the British quit the town.

Keywords

American Revolution; artillery; Boston; cannon; Massachusetts; Revolutionary War; War for Independence

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Chapter 8

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Well, men, should we go visit the city we spent the last eleven months sieging?

Genre

humor; history

Characters

Nathan Hale; Henry Knox

Synopsis

American soldiers enter Boston at last. Henry Knox's bookshop has been vandalized, but the army is ordered to New York anyway.

Keywords

American Revolution; bookshop; Boston; Massachusetts; Revolutionary War; War for Independence

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Chapter 9

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Now hold on a minute.

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

Nathan Hale; hangman; Sergeant Hempstead

Synopsis

After being transferred to New York City by sea, Hale plans and leads a cutting-out expedition that captures a laden supply vessel from under the guns of a British man-o-war.

Keywords

American Revolution; clandestine; Connecticut; New York City; Revolutionary War; War for Independence

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Chapter 10

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We won the race for New York and set to work building forts.

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non-fiction; history

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Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Ben Talmadge; George Washington

Synopsis

Americans dig in on Long Island, hoping to offset the British tactical and numerical advantage. Nathan Hale's Yale classmate Ben Talmadge joins the army, and Washington reads the Declaration of Independence to the assembled troops.

Keywords

American Revolution; Declaration of Independence; Long Island; New York City; Revolutionary War; War for Independence

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Chapter 11

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No sign of them yet.

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

Nathan Hale; Ben Talmadge; Thomas Knowlton

Synopsis

The British invasion fleet arrives at last. Colonel Thomas Knowlton, hard-bitten veteran of Bunker Hill and the French and Indian War, recruits Nathan Hale as a ranger and a spy.

Keywords

American Revolution; Bunker Hill; espionage; French and Indian War; New York City; rangers; Revolutionary War; Seven Years' War; spy; War for Independence

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Chapter 12

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What's got everyone so excited?

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non-fiction; history

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Nathan Hale; Thomas Knowlton; Sergeant Hempstead; Ben Talmadge

Synopsis

Nathan Hale and Sergeant Hempstead skirmish with British troops attacking Long Island. The outnumbered and outmaneuvered American army panics, breaks, and runs.

Keywords

American Revolution; Long Island; New York; Revolutionary War; War for Independence

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Chapter 13

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The Battle of Long Island was the biggest of the war.

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non-fiction; history

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Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Ben Talmadge; Henry Knox

Synopsis

The British pen the American army into Brooklyn Heights. Taking advantage of night, fog, and rain, Washington surreptitiously evacuates the entire army to Manhattan.

Keywords

American Revolution; Battle of Long Island; Brooklyn; Long Island; Manhattan; New York; Revolutionary War; War for Independence

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Chapter 14

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The British are closing in.

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non-fiction; history

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Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Thomas Knowlton; Henry Knox; Sergeant Hempstead; George Washington

Synopsis

Realizing that Manhattan can be threatened from any direction, Knowlton asks his rangers for a volunteer to spy out British intentions. The rangers refuse, either deigning to spy or regarding the mission as suicidal. Although ill with fever, Hale volunteers, receives his orders from George Washington, and sets off on his mission.

Keywords

American Revolution; espionage; Long Island; Manhattan; New York City; rangers; Revolutionary War; spy; War for Independence

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Chapter 15

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Sir! Sir!

Genre

non-fiction; history

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Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Sergeant Hempstead; Captain Pond; Major Robert Rogers

Synopsis

Hale and Hempstead make their way to Connecticut, then make the surreptitious crossing of Long Island Sound. Once at Long Island Nathan Hale disembarks alone to begin his spying mission, never recking that he is observed from landing by Major Robert Rogers.

Keywords

American Revolution; Connecticut; espionage; Long Island; New York; rangers; Revolutionary War; spy; War of Independence

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Chapter 16

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Major Robert Rogers... how should I describe him?

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Major Robert Rogers

Synopsis

Disguised as a schoolmaster seeking work, Hale wanders Long Island taking notes on British dispositions, his mission now pointless as they have already invaded Manhattan. Major Rogers convinces the naive Hale that he too is an American spy, and arranges a meeting with other "spies."

Keywords

American Revolution; espionage; Long Island; Manhattan; New York City; rangers; Revolutionary War; spy; War of Independence

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Chapter 17

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The enemy is everywhere!

Genre

non-fiction; history

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Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Thomas Knowlton; George Washington

Synopsis

Outnumbered four to one, Knowlton and his rangers slow down advancing British until the main American army drives them off at Harlem Heights. Knowlton is killed in the battle.

Keywords

American Revolution; Harlem; Manhattan; New York City; rangers; Revolutionary War; War of Independence

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Chapter 18

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Wait, wait!

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Major Robert Rogers; General Howe

Synopsis

Rogers captures Nathan Hale and hales him before General Howe, who orders the inept spy hanged according to the rules of war. Since he has seen the future in the giant history book he assures the provost and hangman that despite its disasters, America wins and becomes a world power. The provost and hangman agree to delay the hanging, and Hale begins to tell more stories from the history that will be.

Keywords

American Revolution; espionage; execution; gallows; Long Island; Manhattan; New York City; rangers; Revolutionary War; spy; War of Independence

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Chapter 19

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Symbol for Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales

A Little More Biographical Info About... (Table of Contents: 28)

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non-fiction; biography; history

Characters

Nathan Hale; Henry Knox; Thomas Knowlton; Ethan Allen; Benedict Arnold; Robert Rogers; Stephen Hempstead; Benjamin Talmadge; hangman

Keywords

American Revolution; espionage; rangers; Revolutionary War; spy; War of Independence

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Short bios include spot art of Hale and the hangman, along with close-ups from historic art.

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Thank you for reading Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy.

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Nathan Hale (the author/illustrator); Maggie; Chad; Justin; research babies; correction baby

Indexer Notes

Background on the research and production of the book, and notes on historically uncertain events in the story.

Crispus Attucks: First to Defy, First to Die! (Table of Contents: 30)

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Crispus Attucks; Captain Preston; Henry Knox; Redcoats; Boston mob; Nathan Hale; hangman; provost

Synopsis

Crispus Attucks tells his tale. As Bostonians and occupying British troops resent each other, conflicts flare until violence breaks out on March 5, 1770. Attacked by a mob, British soldiers open fire, killing five Bostonians, including Crispus Attucks.

Keywords

Boston; Boston Massacre; Massachusetts; mob

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A Hale's Hazardous History Mini-Comic

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The spy Nathan Hale was executed in 1776.

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Letter from the author/illustrator

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Map. Repeat of Sequence 1.

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