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050 00 $aE280.H2$bP38 2008
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100 1 $aPhelps, M. William.
245 10 $aNathan Hale :$bthe life and death of America's first spy /$cM. William Phelps.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bThomas Dunne Books,$c2008.
300 $ax, 306 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 277-294) and index.
505 0 $aThe righteous and patriotic man -- Most intimate friends -- From boys to men -- Schoolmaster -- A born patriot -- Talk of war -- Free from the shadow of guile -- A sense of duty -- Band of brothers -- Siege and counterplot -- Of thee I sing -- Independence day -- A necessary purpose -- Brave resistance -- Thrown into the flames -- Pretended friend -- The will of God -- Without ceremony -- Swing the rebel off -- A brother's search -- Gloomy dejected hope -- The search ends -- Home -- Personal bravery.
520 $a"Few Americans know much more about Nathan Hale than his famous last words: 'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.' But who was the real Nathan Hale? In this well-researched biography, M. Williams Phelps separates historical fact from long-standing myth to reveal the life of Nathan Hale, a young man who deserves to be remembered as an original American patriot."--Jacket.
520 $aThe first biography in nearly a century of the legendary Revolutionary War patriot and our country's first spy. This book charts the life of this famed patriot and Connecticut's state hero, following Hale's rural childhood, his education at Yale, and his work as a schoolteacher. Even in his brief career, he distinguished himself by offering formal lessons to young women. Like many young Americans, he soon became drawn into the colonies' war for independence, becoming a captain in Washington's army. When the general was in need of a spy, Hale willingly rose to the challenge, bravely sacrificing his life for the sake of American liberty. Using Hale's own journals and letters as well as testimonies from his friends and contemporaries, the author depicts the Revolution as it was seen from the ground. From the confrontation in Boston to the battle for New York City, readers experience what life was like for an ordinary soldier in the struggling Continental army. In this impressive, well-researched biography, the author separates historical fact from long-standing myth to reveal the life of Nathan Hale, a young man who deserves to be remembered as an original American patriot. -- from Publisher description.
600 10 $aHale, Nathan,$d1755-1776.
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650 0 $aSpies$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aSoldiers$zUnited States$vBiography.
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