Above the Trenches (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #12): A World War I Flying Ace Tale (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales)

Above the Trenches (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #12): A World War I Flying Ace Tale (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales)by Nathan Hale Hardcover In Above the Trenches, author illustrator Nathan Hale takes to the skies with the flying aces of World War I to reveal another Hazardous Tale in American history in the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel series. When the Great War began in 1914, America had plans to stay out of it. But some young men were so eager to fight, they joined the French Foreign Legion. From deep in the mud and blood of the Western Front,

Covering the military reasoning for taking the war underground

from stretcher to aid station

Philadelphia native Charles Biddle's account of flying in World War I

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First a regimental mascot for Canadians training for wartime service

Of interest to historians

The black cat became the mascot of the then-newly formed Tank Corps

marking a pivotal moment in both the war and military history as tanks first appeared on the battlefield and air war emerged as a devastating and decisive factor in battle

by early November

for those writers who--with conspicuous imaginative and artistic meaning--most effectively memorialized World War I as an historical experience

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