Author M. William Phelps
at the West Hartford Public Library
Talk about "Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of America's First Spy "
Thomas Dunne Books , 2008 - 320 pages - ISBN: 0312376413

AUDIO (24 min. 04 sec.): Intro and reading from the book

Recorded before a live audience at the Noah Webster Library on Oct. 22, 2008.

Questions from the Audience:

•Question 1 - What was Nathan Hale's spy mission? (1:42 min.)
•Question 2 - Who sent Nathan Hale on his mission? (1:18)
•Question 3 - Why is Nathan Hale Connecticut's State hero? (3:05)
•Question 4 - Was Nathan Hale a good spy? (1:19)
•Question 5 - How was Nathan Hale captured? (2:34)
•Question 6 - Where was Nathan Hale hanged? (3:34)
•Question 7 - Where did the "one life to give" quote come from? (2:14)
•Question 8 - Why didn't the British make a spectacle of the Hale hanging? (1:06)
•Question 9 - Where is Nathan Hale buried? (1:00)

Link to author's website:
http://www.mwilliamphelps.com/

This program co-sponsored by the Bookworm booksellers in West Hartford.