The University of Connecticut in Storrs is a place I like to call pretty darn close to the middle of nowhere. As a result, during my stay over the summer doing research, when I wasn’t in the lab, I ...

The 43rd annual Nathan Hale Day Ceremony was held Friday at the State Capitol. Hale, who was born on June 6 in Coventry, is Connecticut's state hero. During the American Revolutionary, Hale served in ...

Nathan Hale, the author's historical namesake, was America's first spy, a Revolutionary War hero who famously said "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" before being hanged ...

Revolutionary War spy, Nathan Hale, tells a hangman and British officer the story of the Donner Party, a doomed wagon train traveling from Illinois to California in 1846 "The Donner Party expedition ...