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Nathan Hale's hazardous tales. Blades of freedom / Nathan Hale.

Hale, Nathan, 1976- (author,, artist.).

Summary:

"Why would Napoleon Bonaparte sell the Louisiana Territory to the recently formed United States of America? It all comes back to the island nation of Haiti, which Napoleon had planned to use as a base for trade with North America. While Napoleon climbed the ranks of the French army and government, enslaved people were organizing in Haiti under the leadership of François Mackandal, Dutty Boukman, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, and Touissant L'Ouverture, who in 1791 led the largest uprising of enslaved people in history-the Haitian Revolution."-- back cover

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781419746918
  • ISBN: 141974691X
  • ISBN: 9780605019539
  • ISBN: 0605019533
  • Physical Description: 127 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), maps ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
"A tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase"--Cover
Map illustrations on endpapers.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.7 2 511298.
Subject: Louisiana Purchase > Comic books, strips, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Haiti > History > Revolution, 1791-1804 > Comic books, strips, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Graphic novels.
Biographical comics.
Historical comics.
Nonfiction comics.

Available copies

  • 32 of 37 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Webb City Public. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Webb City Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 37 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Webb City Public Library JF Hale, Nathan (Text) 38262300005610 Juvenile Graphic Novels Available -
Barton County - Lamar J FIC HAL (Text) 31978141974691 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Bollinger County Library YA GN HAL (Text) 32713200012534 YA Graphic Novel Available -
Cape Girardeau Public Library H (Text) 33042004749761 Juvenile Graphic Novels Available -
Cass County Library-Harrisonville J GRAPHIC F HAL 2020 (Text) 0002205550417 Juvenile Graphic Available -
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center J GRAPHIC F HAL 2020 (Text) 0002205550805 Juvenile Graphic Checked out 05/17/2024
Doniphan-Ripley - Naylor Library SP JY HALE (Text) 38421100757586 Special Collection Available -
Doniphan-Ripley County Library SP Y HALE (Text) 38421100757578 Special Collection Available -
Grundy County Jewett Norris J 741.5 HAL (Text) 33577000102389 Non-Fiction (Juvenile) Available -
Heartland Regional Library - Belle GN J 973.4 HAL (Text) 35555002049403 Graphic Novel Juvenile Available -

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Blades of Freedom (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #10) : A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase
Blades of Freedom (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #10) : A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase
by Hale, Nathan
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Blades of Freedom (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #10) : A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase


Discover the story of the Haitian Revolution--the largest uprising of enslaved people in history--in Blades of Freedom , a Hazardous Tale from author-illustrator Nathan Hale in the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series. Why would Napoleon Bonaparte sell the Louisiana Territory to the recently formed United States of America? It all comes back to the island nation of Haiti, which Napoleon had planned to use as a base for trade with North America. While Napoleon climbed the ranks of the French army and government, enslaved people were organizing in Haiti under the leadership of François Mackandal, Dutty Boukman, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, and Touissant L'Ouverture, who in 1791 led the largest uprising of enslaved people in history--the Haitian Revolution. Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales! Read them all--if 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)

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