01757cam a2200289 i 4500 610241388 TxAuBib 20221128120000.0 200602s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020939760 9781419746918 hardcover 141974691X hardcover TxAuBib rda Hale, Nathan, 1976-, author. Blades of freedom (Nathan Hale's hazardous tales #10) : a Louisiana purchase tale / Nathan Hale. New York : Amulet Books, 2020. pages cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Nathan Hale's hazardous tales "The Louisiana Purchase (1803) is today seen as one of history's greatest bargains. But why did Napoleon Bonaparte sell this seemingly prosperous territory? At the time, France controlled Haiti, and there, slaves were used to harvest sugar. But in 1791, Toussaint Louverture led the largest slave uprising in human history, the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804). Napoleon had originally wanted to use Louisiana for trade, but with Haiti out of his control, Napoleon's dream of making a French Empire in North America seemed doomed. So when Thomas Jefferson and James Madison tried to buy New Orleans, Napoleon sold them the whole Louisiana Territory. Filled with wild and true facts and Hale's signature humor, the latest installment in the bestselling series takes readers on another action-packed adventure through history"-- Provided by publisher. Ages 8 to 12 Amulet Books. 20221128. Nathan Hale's hazardous tales. TXKEP