Blades of Freedom (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #10): A Louisiana Purchase Tale

By Nathan Hale

Book Overview

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 Fran ois 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)

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 141974691X
• ISBN13: 9781419746918
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7