But One Life
The Story of Nathan Hale
by Samantha Wilcoxson
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Pub Date 6 Jun 2022 | Archive Date 1 Apr 2024
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Description
"If I had ten thousand lives, I would lay them all down."
In the early 1770’s, Nathan Hale is a young philosophy student at Yale. There, he, his brother, and their friend, Ben Tallmadge, are busying themselves with intellectual debate and occasional mischief.
Only too soon, their patriotic ideals of revolution and liberty would be put to the test. Forced to choose between love and duty, young Nathan has to face the harsh personal cost of deeply held beliefs as he leaves to become Washington’s spy.
In this powerful novel of friendship and sacrifice, Samantha Wilcoxson paints a vivid portrait of a young man’s principled passion and dedication to his ideals, turning the legend into flesh and blood.
This is the touching and thought-provoking story of how an ordinary boy grew into an extraordinary man – an American hero.
Advance Praise
""An honest and sensitive portrayal of an early hero's life.""
""relevant and thought-provoking""
""Wilcoxson has a rare gift with her writing: digging up the stories of people you've heard of at one time or another but have never really learned much about, and telling the story in a way that feels very intimate so the reader grows close to the subject.""
""Samantha Wilcoxson allows you to be a part of the story of this young man’s life as she brings it to a very personal level.""
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9798437851722 |
| PRICE | US$2.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 276 |
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Featured Reviews
Paul F, Reviewer
The author penned an impressive account of the epic Revolutionary War figure, Nathan Hale. Everything in life begins with family, and he had a large one. Of all his siblings, it was Enoch that was the closest to him. He was the only one for whom he could confide his deepest and darkest secrets. In short, they were inseparable. However, when it came time after from graduation from Yale University, they went their separate ways, a blow to younger brother, Nathan. I gathered from the theme of the book, if his brother had been with him all along Nathan's ending might not have ended so tragically.
Kathryn M, Reviewer
Samantha Wilcoxson does a great job in writing about Nathan Hale, I enjoyed the concept and loved the fiction element to it. The characters were everything that I wanted and felt like they belonged in this world. It uses the biographical element in this perfectly and glad I got to read this.
