DiscovertheKoreanWarthroughtheeyesofajournalistwhocovereditinauthor-illustratorNathanHale’sColdWarCorrespondent,aHazardousTaleintheNewYorkTimesbestsellinggraphicnovelseries.In1950,MargueriteHiggins(1920-1966)wasmadebureauchiefoftheFarEastAsiadeskfortheNewYorkHeraldTribune.TensionswerehighontheKoreanpeninsula,whereaborderdrawnafterWWIIsplitthecountryintoNorthandSouth.WhentheNorthKoreanarmycrossedtheborderwithSoviettanks,itwaswar.MargueritewastherewhentheCommunistscapturedSeoul.Shefledwiththerefugeesheadingsouth,butwhenthebridgeswereblownovertheHanRiver,shewastrappedinenemyterritory.Hereyewitnessaccountoftheinvasionwasanewspapersmashhit.Sheriskedherlifeinonedangeroussituationafteranother--allforthesakeofagoodstory.Thenshewastoldthatwomendidn’tbelongonthefrontlines.TheUnitedStatesArmyofficiallyorderedheroutofKorea.SheappealedtoGeneralDouglasMacArthur,andhepersonallyliftedthebanonfemalewarcorrespondents,whichallowedherthechancetoreportonmanyofthemajoreventsoftheKoreanWar.NathanHale’sHazardousTales!Readthemall--ifyoudare!OneDeadSpy:ARevolutionaryWarTale(#1)BigBadIronclad!:ACivilWarTale(#2)DonnerDinnerParty:APioneerTale(#3)Treaties,Trenches,Mud,andBlood:AWorldWarITale(#4)TheUndergroundAbductor:AnAbolitionistTaleaboutHarrietTubman(#5)AlamoAll-Stars:ATexasTale(#6)RaidofNoReturn:AWorldWarIITaleoftheDoolittleRaid(#7)Lafayette!:ARevolutionaryWarTale(#8)MajorImpossible:AGrandCanyonTale(#9)BladesofFreedom:ATaleofHaiti,Napoleon,andtheLouisianaPurchase(#10)ColdWarCorrespondent:AKoreanWarTale(#11)AbovetheTrenches:AWWIFlyingAceTale(#12)
