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Issue: Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #[9]
Publication Date: January 2019
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Issues: #[9] of 10 Issues
Title: Major Impossible
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Publisher: FlagHarry N. Abrams
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Indicia Publisher: Amulet Books
On Sale Date: 12/03/2019
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Pages: 136
ISBN: 9781419737084
UPC/EAN: 978141973708451399
Price: $17.99 CAD
£10.99 GBP
$13.99 USD
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Content Items: 40 (26 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?; Nathan Hale (design); Max Temescu (design)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color covers and endsheets; black and white interior
Dimensions: 5 3/4" w x 7 3/4" h
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover
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Character(s): Major John Wesley Powell
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The Powell Expedition, 1869

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Character(s): Hangman
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Powell's Civil War Battles

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First Line: Major Impossible
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First Line: To Newty, Leigh, Lutke, Wren, Kelly, Joel, Ben, Wiley, Joe, Mickell, , Johnny, and Lindsay -- guides on the Grand
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Manhattan, New York, September 22, 1776

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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Hangman; Provost; Nathan Hale the spy; Billy Richmond
First Line: I've been on this gallows long enough!
Synopsis: The gallows party bickers about whether to go on with a new story.
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Chapter 1, Green River, Wyoming, May 11, 1869

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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Major John Wesley Powell; Andy Hall
First Line: Ahhhhhh.
Synopsis: Powell recruits for his Colorado River expedition.
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Chapter 2, Jackson, Ohio 1844

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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): John Wesley Powell; Powell's father; Powell's brothers; pro-slavery gang; Nathan Hale; hangman; Billy Richmond
First Line: Wes! Hey, Wes!
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.
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Chapter 3, Green River Station, Wyoming, May 11, 1869

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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): 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
First Line: I call to order the first official meeting of the Colorado River Exploring Expedition!
Synopsis: Powell assembles the crew that will descend the Green and Colorado Rivers.
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Chapter 4, Jackson, Ohio, 1844

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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): John Wesley Powell; Joseph Powell (John's father); pro-slavery attacker; George Crookham; Nathan Hale; hangman; Billy Richmond
First Line: You forgot to shout flashback!
Synopsis: When pro-slavery kids injure John at school, John's father takes him to be educated privately by George Crookham.
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Chapter 5, Green River, Wyoming, May 24, 1869

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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): 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
First Line: Let it be recorded, the Colorado River Exploring Expedition set out at one o'clock P.M., May 24, 1869.
Synopsis: The expedition gets off to a bad start.
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Chapter 6, Jackson, Ohio, 1844

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First Line: Flashback!
Synopsis: Crookham teaches John about exciting subjects such as geology and paleontology, and also helps escaped slaves.
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Chapter 7, Green River, May 25, 1869

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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Major John Wesley Powell; Frank Goodman; John Coulter Sumner; Oramel Howland; Seneca Howland; George Bradley; Bill Dunn; William Hawkins [Missouri]; Walter Powell; hangman
First Line: Roll out! Breakfast! Roll out!
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Chapter 8, Jackson, Ohio, 1846

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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): John Wesley Powell; George Crookham; Reverend Powell; Mrs. Powell
First Line: Flashback!
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.
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Chapter 9, Henry's Fork, Green River, May 27, 1869

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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): 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
First Line: Roll out! Roll out!
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.
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Chapter 10

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Character(s): John Wesley Powell; college officials; Reverend Powell
First Line: Flashback.
Synopsis: 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.
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Chapter 11 The Canyon of Lodore, June 9, 1869

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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Major John Wesley Powell; Frank Goodman; John Coulter Sumner; Oramel Howland; Seneca Howland; George Bradley; Bill Dunn; William Hawkins [Missouri]; Walter Powell
First Line: More like the Canyon of Load More.
Synopsis: The expedition wrecks one of its boats in rapids, but manages to rescue its barometers.
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Chapter 12 Illinois, May 3, 1861

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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): John Wesley Powell; Union soldiers; Union officers; John C. Frémont; Nathan Hale; hangman; Billy Richmond
First Line: Every time I get caught up in the story, it switches to a new chapter.
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.
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Chapter 13 June 13, 1869

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Character(s): Major John Wesley Powell; Frank Goodman; John Coulter Sumner; Oramel Howland; Seneca Howland; George Bradley; Bill Dunn; William Hawkins [Missouri]; Walter Powell
First Line: Nearly a week of labor and we've come maybe four miles from Disaster Falls.
Synopsis: The expedition loses most of their supplies in a fire.
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Chapter 14 Cape Girardeau, Missouri, September 1861

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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): John Wesley Powell; Ulysses S. Grant; Nathan Hale; hangman; Billy Richmond
First Line: Flashback!
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).
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Chapter 15 Echo Rock, June 18, 1869

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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): 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
First Line: Are we out of Lodore yet?
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.
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Chapter 16 Cape Girardeau, Missouri, March 1862

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Character(s): John Wesley Powell; Walter Powell; Ulysses S. Grant; Union soldiers
First Line: Flashback!
Synopsis: The Union army suffers a surprise attack at Shiloh. Powell rallies his troops and keeps fighting until he is badly wounded.
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Chapter 17

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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): 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
First Line: Jeez Louise.
Synopsis: The exploration party is low on supplies as it reaches the Green River's junction with the Grand River.
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Chapter 18 Savannah, Tennessee, April 8, 1862

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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): John Wesley Powell; Walter Powell; Ulysses S. Grant; Union soldiers; Confederate soldiers; residents of Vicksburg; Abraham Lincoln; hangman; Billy Richmond; Nathan Hale
First Line: Flashback...?
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.
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Chapter 19 Colorado River, July 21, 1869

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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): 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
First Line: Say goodbye to the Green River, boys.
Synopsis: The expedition finally reaches the Colorado River, but now has almost no supplies and is having to make equipment from driftwood.
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Chapter 20 Detroit, Michigan, July, 1863

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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): John Wesley Powell; Walter Powell; Union soldiers; Confederate prison guards; escaped slaves; William Tecumseh Sherman; surgeon; Emma Powell; Nathan Hale; hangman; Billy Richmond
First Line: Flashback?
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.
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Chapter 21 August 13, 1869

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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): Major John Wesley Powell; John Coulter Sumner; Oramel Howland; Seneca Howland; George Bradley; Bill Dunn; William Hawkins [Missouri]; Walter Powell; hangman
First Line: From Powell's journal
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.
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Chapter 22 Vicksburg, Mississippi, September 1864

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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): 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
First Line: Flashback.
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.
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Chapter 23 Separation Rapid, August 28, 1869

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Character(s): Major John Wesley Powell; John Coulter Sumner; Oramel Howland; Seneca Howland; George Bradley; Bill Dunn; William Hawkins [Missouri]; Walter Powell
First Line: Mung!
Synopsis: After 99 days the expedition exits the Grand Canyon, once again reaching mapped areas of white settlement.
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Chapter 24

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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): 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
First Line: A happy ending!
Synopsis: The fate of Bill Dunn and the Howland brothers remains unknown, and is still hotly disputed.
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One Last Quote from the Major

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

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Writer(s): James White; Nathan Hale (adaptation)
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Feature(s): Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Character(s): James White; Captain Baker; George Strole; Utes; James Ferry
First Line: The perilous journey of James White -- in his own words and spelling
Synopsis: After escaping from Utes, James Baker barely survives running the river through the Grand Canyon.
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Character(s): Nathan Hale (the artist)
First Line: Author Nathan Hale has floated the Grand Canyon five times and always takes his watercolor kit.
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The Powell expedition, 1869

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Powell's Civil War Battles

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A Fearless one-armed geologist on a deadly expedition

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First Line: John Wesley Powell always had the spirit of adventure in him.
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