Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #[9] - Major Impossible

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The Powell Expedition, 1869 (Table of Contents: 1)

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Powell's Civil War Battles (Table of Contents: 2)

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Major Impossible

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Title page, front matter

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To Newty, Leigh, Lutke, Wren, Kelly, Joel, Ben, Wiley, Joe, Mickell, , Johnny, and Lindsay -- guides on the Grand

Manhattan, New York, September 22, 1776 (Table of Contents: 6)

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I've been on this gallows long enough!

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Hangman; Provost; Nathan Hale the spy; Billy Richmond

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The gallows party bickers about whether to go on with a new story.

Chapter 1, Green River, Wyoming, May 11, 1869 (Table of Contents: 7)

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Ahhhhhh.

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non-fiction; history

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Major John Wesley Powell; Andy Hall

Synopsis

Powell recruits for his Colorado River expedition.

Keywords

Colorado River

Chapter 2, Jackson, Ohio 1844 (Table of Contents: 8)

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Wes! Hey, Wes!

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non-fiction; history

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John Wesley Powell; Powell's father; Powell's brothers; pro-slavery gang; Nathan Hale; hangman; Billy Richmond

Synopsis

As a boy, John Wesley Powell longs for more education. His father encourages him, but insists that John must become a preacher. The father fights fiercely against slavery, sometimes placing his family in danger.

Keywords

Abolitionism; Methodist; slavery

Chapter 3, Green River Station, Wyoming, May 11, 1869 (Table of Contents: 9)

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I call to order the first official meeting of the Colorado River Exploring Expedition!

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non-fiction; history

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Major John Wesley Powell; Frank Goodman; John Coulter Sumner; Oramel Howland; Seneca Howland; George Bradley; Bill Dunn; William Hawkins [Missouri]; Walter Powell; Ah Chung; Nathan Hale; hangman; Billy Richmond; James White

Synopsis

Powell assembles the crew that will descend the Green and Colorado Rivers.

Keywords

Colorado; explorer; Wyoming

Chapter 4, Jackson, Ohio, 1844 (Table of Contents: 10)

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You forgot to shout flashback!

Genre

non-fiction; history

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John Wesley Powell; Joseph Powell (John's father); pro-slavery attacker; George Crookham; Nathan Hale; hangman; Billy Richmond

Synopsis

When pro-slavery kids injure John at school, John's father takes him to be educated privately by George Crookham.

Keywords

Abolitionism; bullies; bully; bullying; Methodist; school

Chapter 5, Green River, Wyoming, May 24, 1869 (Table of Contents: 11)

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Let it be recorded, the Colorado River Exploring Expedition set out at one o'clock P.M., May 24, 1869.

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non-fiction; history

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Major John Wesley Powell; Frank Goodman; John Coulter Sumner; Oramel Howland; Seneca Howland; George Bradley; Bill Dunn; William Hawkins [Missouri]; Walter Powell; Nathan Hale; hangman; Billy Richmond

Synopsis

The expedition gets off to a bad start.

Keywords

Explorers; Wyoming

Chapter 6, Jackson, Ohio, 1844 (Table of Contents: 12)

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Flashback!

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non-fiction; history

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John Wesley Powell; George Crookham

Synopsis

Crookham teaches John about exciting subjects such as geology and paleontology, and also helps escaped slaves.

Keywords

Fossils; Underground Railroad

Chapter 7, Green River, May 25, 1869 (Table of Contents: 13)

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Roll out! Breakfast! Roll out!

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non-fiction; history

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Major John Wesley Powell; Frank Goodman; John Coulter Sumner; Oramel Howland; Seneca Howland; George Bradley; Bill Dunn; William Hawkins [Missouri]; Walter Powell; hangman

Keywords

Explorers; Wyoming

Chapter 8, Jackson, Ohio, 1846 (Table of Contents: 14)

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Flashback!

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non-fiction; history

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John Wesley Powell; George Crookham; Reverend Powell; Mrs. Powell

Synopsis

Pro-slavery terrorists burn George Crookham out. Reverend Powell moves his family to safety in Wisconsin, but immediately leaves to resume his anti-slavery campaign.

Keywords

Abolition; abolitionists; terrorism; Wisconsin

Chapter 9, Henry's Fork, Green River, May 27, 1869 (Table of Contents: 15)

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Roll out! Roll out!

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non-fiction; history

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Major John Wesley Powell; Frank Goodman; John Coulter Sumner; Oramel Howland; Seneca Howland; George Bradley; Bill Dunn; William Hawkins [Missouri]; Walter Powell; Nathan Hale; hangman; Billy Richmond

Synopsis

Rugged terrain, repeated rapids, and extended portages start to turn the men against Powell, who insists that they take exacting scientific measurements no matter how bad the conditions are.

Keywords

Explorers; Green River

Chapter 10 (Table of Contents: 16)

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Flashback.

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non-fiction; history

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John Wesley Powell; college officials; Reverend Powell

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Powell decides to forgo his father's plans for the son become a preacher; to find a college that teaches the sciences; and to marry his cousin.

Keywords

College

Chapter 11 The Canyon of Lodore, June 9, 1869 (Table of Contents: 17)

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More like the Canyon of Load More.

Genre

non-fiction; history

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Major John Wesley Powell; Frank Goodman; John Coulter Sumner; Oramel Howland; Seneca Howland; George Bradley; Bill Dunn; William Hawkins [Missouri]; Walter Powell

Synopsis

The expedition wrecks one of its boats in rapids, but manages to rescue its barometers.

Keywords

Explorers

Chapter 12 Illinois, May 3, 1861 (Table of Contents: 18)

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Every time I get caught up in the story, it switches to a new chapter.

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non-fiction; history

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John Wesley Powell; Union soldiers; Union officers; John C. Frémont; Nathan Hale; hangman; Billy Richmond

Synopsis

Powell joins the Union army to fight in the Civil War as a private, but is quickly commissioned and becomes a self-taught military engineer.

Keywords

American Civil War; army

Chapter 13 June 13, 1869 (Table of Contents: 19)

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Nearly a week of labor and we've come maybe four miles from Disaster Falls.

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non-fiction; history

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Major John Wesley Powell; Frank Goodman; John Coulter Sumner; Oramel Howland; Seneca Howland; George Bradley; Bill Dunn; William Hawkins [Missouri]; Walter Powell

Synopsis

The expedition loses most of their supplies in a fire.

Keywords

Explorers

Chapter 14 Cape Girardeau, Missouri, September 1861 (Table of Contents: 20)

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Flashback!

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non-fiction; history

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John Wesley Powell; Ulysses S. Grant; Nathan Hale; hangman; Billy Richmond

Synopsis

Impressed by Powell's design and construction of Fort D, General Grant promotes him to captain and moves him to command artillery (for which he will also have to be self-taught).

Keywords

American Civil War; Missouri

Chapter 15 Echo Rock, June 18, 1869 (Table of Contents: 21)

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Are we out of Lodore yet?

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non-fiction; history

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Major John Wesley Powell; Frank Goodman; John Coulter Sumner; Oramel Howland; Seneca Howland; George Bradley; Bill Dunn; William Hawkins [Missouri]; Walter Powell; Chief Tsau-Wi-At; Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Billy Richmond

Synopsis

The expedition reaches a point from which they can hike 40 miles to the Uintah Indian Agency and acquire replacement supplies. The Englishman Goodman elects to resign from the expedition.

Keywords

Explorers; Uintah

Chapter 16 Cape Girardeau, Missouri, March 1862 (Table of Contents: 22)

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Flashback!

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non-fiction; history

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John Wesley Powell; Walter Powell; Ulysses S. Grant; Union soldiers

Synopsis

The Union army suffers a surprise attack at Shiloh. Powell rallies his troops and keeps fighting until he is badly wounded.

Keywords

American Civil War; Battle of Pittsburgh Landing; Battle of Shiloh

Chapter 17 (Table of Contents: 23)

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Jeez Louise.

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non-fiction; history

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Major John Wesley Powell; John Coulter Sumner; Oramel Howland; Seneca Howland; George Bradley; Bill Dunn; William Hawkins [Missouri]; Walter Powell; Nathan Hale; hangman; Billy Richmond

Synopsis

The exploration party is low on supplies as it reaches the Green River's junction with the Grand River.

Keywords

Explorers

Chapter 18 Savannah, Tennessee, April 8, 1862 (Table of Contents: 24)

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non-fiction; history

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John Wesley Powell; Walter Powell; Ulysses S. Grant; Union soldiers; Confederate soldiers; residents of Vicksburg; Abraham Lincoln; hangman; Billy Richmond; Nathan Hale

Synopsis

Powell's lower right arm is amputated, but he resumes command of his battery in time to fight in the siege and capture of Vicksburg.

Keywords

American Civil War; amputation; Vicksburg

Chapter 19 Colorado River, July 21, 1869 (Table of Contents: 25)

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Say goodbye to the Green River, boys.

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non-fiction; history

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Major John Wesley Powell; John Coulter Sumner; Oramel Howland; Seneca Howland; George Bradley; Bill Dunn; William Hawkins [Missouri]; Walter Powell; Pueblo man; Nathan Hale; hangman; Billy Richmond

Synopsis

The expedition finally reaches the Colorado River, but now has almost no supplies and is having to make equipment from driftwood.

Keywords

Anasazi; Colorado River; explorers; Pueblo

Chapter 20 Detroit, Michigan, July, 1863 (Table of Contents: 26)

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non-fiction; history

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John Wesley Powell; Walter Powell; Union soldiers; Confederate prison guards; escaped slaves; William Tecumseh Sherman; surgeon; Emma Powell; Nathan Hale; hangman; Billy Richmond

Synopsis

Despite struggles with his amputation, Powell remains with the army and rises to command a regiment of the U. S. Colored Troops. His brother Walter is captured and sent to a Confederate prison camp.

Keywords

American Civil War; amputation; P.O.W.; prison camp; prisoner of war; U.S. Colored Troops

Chapter 21 August 13, 1869 (Table of Contents: 27)

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From Powell's journal

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non-fiction; history

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Major John Wesley Powell; John Coulter Sumner; Oramel Howland; Seneca Howland; George Bradley; Bill Dunn; William Hawkins [Missouri]; Walter Powell; hangman

Synopsis

Rapids get worse in the canyon, and food scarcer. After fierce argument, the Howland brothers and Bill Dunn elect to leave the expedition, trying to find their way out of the canyon and through the desert. Powell truculently acquiesces.

Keywords

Colorado River; explorers; Grand Canyon

Chapter 22 Vicksburg, Mississippi, September 1864 (Table of Contents: 28)

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Flashback.

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non-fiction; history

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Major John Wesley Powell; Walter Powell; U. S. Colored Troops; other Union soldiers; Confederate soldiers; Confederate prison guards; Union prisoners of war; General George Thomas; General Ulysses S. Grant; Robert E. Lee; Billy Richmond; hangman; Nathan Hale

Synopsis

Powell is transferred from the Colored Troops back to the artillery. His new troops and former troops help win the Battle of Nashville. The south surrenders, and the Civil War ends. Powell's brother Walter survives Confederate prison camp, but the desperate privations and cruel mistreatment have driven him mad.

Keywords

American Civil War; Battle of Nashville; P.O.W.; prison camp; prisoner of war; U.S. Colored Troops

Chapter 23 Separation Rapid, August 28, 1869 (Table of Contents: 29)

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Mung!

Genre

non-fiction; history

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Major John Wesley Powell; John Coulter Sumner; Oramel Howland; Seneca Howland; George Bradley; Bill Dunn; William Hawkins [Missouri]; Walter Powell

Synopsis

After 99 days the expedition exits the Grand Canyon, once again reaching mapped areas of white settlement.

Keywords

Colorado River; explorers; Grand Canyon; Nevada

Chapter 24 (Table of Contents: 30)

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A happy ending!

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non-fiction; history

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Major John Wesley Powell; John Coulter Sumner; Oramel Howland; Seneca Howland; George Bradley; Bill Dunn; William Hawkins [Missouri]; Walter Powell; Shivwits; Jacob Hamblin; hangman; provost; Billy Richmond; Nathan Hale

Synopsis

The fate of Bill Dunn and the Howland brothers remains unknown, and is still hotly disputed.

Keywords

American Indians; explorers; Latter-Day Saints; LDS; Mormons; Mountain Meadows; Native Americans

One Last Quote from the Major (Table of Contents: 31)

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The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself.

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Grand Canyon

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The brave adventurers who entered this canyon of books are none other than Hazardous Tales' own team of top-notch Research Babies!

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Navigation of a Big Canon: A Terrible Voyage (Table of Contents: 33)

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The perilous journey of James White -- in his own words and spelling

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non-fiction; history

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James White; Captain Baker; George Strole; Utes; James Ferry

Synopsis

After escaping from Utes, James Baker barely survives running the river through the Grand Canyon.

Keywords

Colorado River; Grand Canyon; Utes

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Author Nathan Hale has floated the Grand Canyon five times and always takes his watercolor kit.

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Nathan Hale (the artist)

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Grand Canyon

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The Powell expedition, 1869 (Table of Contents: 37)

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Powell's Civil War Battles (Table of Contents: 38)

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