Nathan Hale: Patriot and Martyr of the American Revolution (The Library of American Lives and Times)

Nathan Hale: Patriot and Martyr of the American Revolution (The Library of American Lives and Times) by Krizner, L. J.. library edition. ISBN: 9780823957248.

Welcome to PowerPlus Books. This new imprint, which will be launching in Fall 2001, is aimed at grades four to eight, written at the fifth grade reading level. (PowerKids Press Books are at the third grade level.) The PowerPlus imprint is designed to explore a wide range of subject areas, especially history and science, to meet the needs of upper elementary and middle school students. These books help students with research, reports, projects, and assignments. Supplementing the curriculum and classroom work, these books offer students a level of specificity and detail that a chapter in a more general textbook cannot supply. Be sure to check out our subscription program for great savings.The first series in the PowerPlus imprint is a 12-book collection: The Library of American Lives and Times. Coming in Fall 2001, these books are comprehensive biographical treatments of important Americans, emphasizing not just their lives, but the times in which they lived. Each book is 112 pages with dynamic four-color photos through out. Text is designed to make the navigation and comprehension of these more extensive supplemental books an easy transition from the third grade material under the PowerKids Press imprint. "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." These words, spoken by Nathan Hale just prior to his execution by the British in 1776, speak to the spirit of patriotism that was the battle cry of the American Revolution. A Connecticut schoolteacher turned martyred soldier, Hale is an icon of patriotism from a time when people daily lived and died for their ideals. Rights and freedoms that todays American students relegate to the dusty world of history are seen aslife and death issues through the lens of young soldiers and citizens in the throes of a revolution.