Livelier than the typical history textbook but sillier than the many outstanding works on the civil war available for young. Each of the books in nathan hales hazardous tales has elements of the strange but true and is presented in an engaging, funny format, highlighting the. 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 largerthanlife characters that pop up in real history. The tale of nathan hales heroic, but doomed adventure spying against the british. Assigned lexile and other quantitative book levels do not do justice to the complexity of this collection. Chicago turabian humanities citation style guide hale, nathan, 1976, big bad ironclad a civil war. Using blue and gray, nathan hale author uses nathan hale, spy to tell the story of the monitor and the merrimack and the great naval battle of the american civil war. This is the question that begins a race between the north and the south to come up with the biggest, best ironclad warships. The books use adventure and humor to reach readers of various reading levels. He also wrote and illustrated the graphic novels one trick pony and apocalypse taco. Big bad ironclad covers the history of the amazing ironclad steam warships used in the civil war in the way only nathan hale can.
Timetraveling nathan hale tells the story of the civil war naval battle between two ironclad ships. Im sure id heard the story of the merrimack and the monitor but never in such glowing terms. The second book, also published in 2012, is big bad ironclad. Uncover the story of the civil wars ironclad warships with the new york times bestselling graphic novel series. The nathan hales hazardous tales book series by nathan hale includes books nathan hales hazardous tales. Nov 26, 2012 though i slightly prefer big bad ironclad to one dead spy, i can hardly jump right in and talk about the sequel before i talk about its predecessor, can i. 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. Each of the books in nathan hales hazardous tales has elements of the strange but true and is presented in an engaging, funny format, highlighting the largerthanlife characters that pop up in real history. The second book in the series of nathan hales hazardous tales, big bad ironclad gives an account of the anaconda plan of general winfield scott to cut off the confederacys access to supplies and major water routes.
Travel with nathan hale back to 1861 for the famous civil war battle between the uss monitor and the css virginia, the wars first ironclad ships unless readers have read hales 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. From the abandonment of the merrimack at the norfolk shipyards after unsuccessfully burning and sinking her, to the creation of a new naval vessel, and ironclad invented by john ericsson, the naval battles of the american civil. Big bad ironclad is of course a civil war tale, about the sea battle between. Big bad ironclad nathan hale revolutionary war spy, nathan hale, tells a hangman and british officer about the ironclad steam warships used in the civil war.
A civil war tale by nathan hale book 2 of the nathan hales hazardous tales. Book 2 of 4 in the nathan hales hazardous tales series. 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 graphicnovel enthusiasts. Big bad ironclad is the second book in nathan hales hazardous tales graphic series. From the ships inventor, an alternate cover edition can be found here. By this point hale has expanded a bit and isnt restricting himself to mere revolutionary war stories.
This is the first book in the series, where we meet our narrators, hale, the provost, and the hangman. Nathan hales hazardous tales book 2 kindle edition by hale, nathan. Big bad ironclad nathan hales hazardous tales youtube. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading big bad ironclad. Each of the books in nathan hales hazardous tales has elements of the strange but true and is presented in an engaging, funny format. Weve skipped forward to the civil war, which makes for kooky stories galore. From the ships 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. Big bad ironclad covers the history of the amazing ironclad steam warships used in the civil war in the way only nathan hale. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or. This plans kicked off an arms race between north and south. Chicago turabian author date citation style guide hale, nathan, 1976. Big bad ironclad is actually even stronger than its predecessor.
From the ships 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. Though i slightly prefer big bad ironclad to one dead spy, i can hardly jump right in and talk about the sequel before i talk about its predecessor, can i. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Ships are great for transport and sieges, but they tend to start leaking when cannons are fi red at them. Big bad ironclad covers the history of the amazing ironclad steam warships used in the civil war. Each of the books in nathan hales hazardous tales has elements of the strange but true and is presented in an engaging, funny format, highlighting the largerthanlife. Each of the books in nathan hales hazardous tales has elements of the strange but true and is presented in an engaging.
Maddie and caties cooking and making things channel youtube. Big bad ironclad a civil war tale by nathan hale book 2 of the nathan hales hazardous tales. Big bad ironclad covers the history of the amazing ironclad steam warships used in. Dec 06, 2014 big bad ironclad is the second book in nathan hales hazardous tales graphic series. Jul 20, 2018 big bad ironclad covers the history of the amazing ironclad steam warships used in the civil war in the way only nathan hale can. From the ships 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. Praise 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 graphicnovel enthusiasts.