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Major impossible / Nathan Hale.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781419737084
- ISBN: 1419737082
- Physical Description: 127 pages : chiefly color illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
- Publisher: New York : Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A Grand Canyon tale"--Cover. Maps on lining papers. |
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| Genre: | Graphic novels. Biographical comics. Historical comics. Nonfiction comics. |
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Available copies
- 0 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Sparwood Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 2 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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- Baker & Taylor
Traces the story of John Wesley Powell, an explorer who after losing an arm during the American Civil War joined the 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition on a dangerous journey through the Grand Canyon. - Baker & Taylor
Traces the story of the heralded explorer who after losing an arm during the American Civil War joined the 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition on a dangerous journey through the Grand Canyon. 75,000 first printing. Illustrations. - Grand Central Pub
Explore the Grand Canyon with John Wesley Powell in Major Impossible, a Hazardous Tale from author-illustrator Nathan Haleâs New York Times bestselling graphic novel series.
âThese books are, quite simply, brilliant. . . . Thrilling, bloody, action-packed stories from American history.â âNew York Times
John Wesley Powell always had the spirit of adventure in him. As a young man, he traveled all over the United States exploring. When the Civil War began, Powell went to fight for the Union, and even after he lost most of his right arm, he continued to fight until the war was over.
In 1869, he embarked with the Colorado River Exploring Expeditionâten men in four boatsâto float through the Grand Canyon. Over the course of three months, the explorers lost their boats and supplies, nearly drowned, and were in peril on multiple occasions. Ten explorers went in, but only six came out.
Powell would come to be known as one of the most epic explorers in history!
Nathan Haleâs Hazardous Tales! Read them allâif 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) - Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Explore the Grand Canyon with John Wesley Powell in the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series!
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John Wesley Powell always had the spirit of adventure in him. As a young man, he traveled all over the United States exploring. When the Civil War began, Powell went to fight for the Union, and even after he lost most of his right arm, he continued to fight until the war was over. In 1869, he embarked with the Colorado River Exploring Expedition'ten men in four boats'to float through the Grand Canyon. Over the course of three months, the explorers lost their boats and supplies, nearly drowned, and were in peril on multiple occasions. Ten explorers went in, but only six came out. Powell would come to be known as one of the most epic explorers in history!
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Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales are graphic novels that tell the thrilling, shocking, gruesome, and TRUE stories of American history. Read them all'if you dare!
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Get Major Impossible and two other Hazardous Tales in the Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales Third 3-Book Boxed Set, available now!
 - Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Explore the Grand Canyon with John Wesley Powell in Major Impossible, a Hazardous Tale from author-illustrator Nathan Haleâs New York Times bestselling graphic novel series.
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âThese books are, quite simply, brilliant. . . . Thrilling, bloody, action-packed stories from American history.â âNew York Times
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John Wesley Powell always had the spirit of adventure in him. As a young man, he traveled all over the United States exploring. When the Civil War began, Powell went to fight for the Union, and even after he lost most of his right arm, he continued to fight until the war was over.
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In 1869, he embarked with the Colorado River Exploring Expeditionâten men in four boatsâto float through the Grand Canyon. Over the course of three months, the explorers lost their boats and supplies, nearly drowned, and were in peril on multiple occasions. Ten explorers went in, but only six came out.
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Powell would come to be known as one of the most epic explorers in history!
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Nathan Haleâs Hazardous Tales! Read them allâif 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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