Hale Nathan - Raid Of No Return (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #7) A World War Ii Tale Of The Doolittle Raid - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: In author - illustrator Nathan Hale's Raid of No Return go behind the scenes of World War II's top - secret Doolittle Raid with the New York Times bestselling Hazardous Tales graphic novel series! These books are quite simply brilliant . Thrilling bloody action - packed stories from American history. New York Times Presented in the author's instantly recognizable artistic and storytelling style this colorful exciting book of history for kids starts with a brief explanation of the events leading up to World War II and then describes the bombing of Pearl Harbor from both the Japanese and American points of view. The American response was a super - secret counterattack organized by stunt pilot Jimmy Doolittle. Just four months after Pearl Harbor American crews would launch sixteen B - 25 bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet to drop bombs on the Japanese capital Tokyo and then fly to safety in China. Everything about the mission was as dangerous as it was secret. B - 25s were not designed to take off from an aircraft carrier. Japan had formidable air defenses. There was no way to plan for landing in China or returning safely to America. The Doolittle Raid as it became known went down in military history as one of the most creative and harrowing missions of World War II. The pilots and crews became American heroes. 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)
Title: Raid Of No Return (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #7) A World War Ii Tale Of The Doolittle Raid
Author(s): Hale Nathan
Publisher: Abrams
Barcode: 9781419725562
Pages: 128 Pages, 128 Illustrations, Color
Publication Date: 11/7/2017
Series: Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
Category: Cartoons & Comic Strips (Children's / Teenage)