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Title:
1812 : the war that forged a nation / Walter R. Borneman.
Author:
Borneman, Walter R., 1952-
Publication Information:
New York : Harper Perennial, 2005.
Call Number:
E354 .B66 2005
Abstract:
"Although frequently overlooked between the American Revolution and the Civil War, the War of 1812 tested a rising generation of American leaders; unified the United States with a renewed sense of national purpose; and set the stage for westward expansion from Mackinac Island to the Gulf of Mexico. USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides," proved the mettle of the fledgling American navy; Oliver Hazard Perry hoisted a flag boasting, "Don't Give Up the Ship"; and Andrew Jackson's ragged force stood behind its cotton bales at New Orleans and bested the pride of British regulars. Here are the stories of commanding generals such as America's double-dealing James Wilkinson, Great Britain's gallant Sir Isaac Brock, Canada's heroine farm wife Laura Secord, and country doctor William Beanes, whose capture set the stage for Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner." During the War of 1812, the United States cast off its cloak of colonial adolescence and-with both humiliating and glorious moments-found the fire that was to forge a nation. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
Edition:
1st Harper Perennial ed.
ISBN:
9780060531133
Physical Description:
xii, 349, 16 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
General Note:
Includes 16 p. Insights, interviews & more at end.
Contents:
War that forged a nation -- Drumbeats (1807-1812) -- To steal an empire -- First blood at sea -- War hawks and Tippecanoe -- Mr. Madison's war -- Concessions too late -- Bugles (1812 -1814) Oh, Canada -- Hurrah for Old Ironsides -- Marching on a Capital -- Don't give up the ship -- We have met the enemy -- Old Hickory heads south -- On the Thames and St. Lawrence -- Lion's roar -- Finale (1814-1815) -- Niagra's thunder -- Lake Champlain -- Another Capital burns -- O say, can you see? -- Still Mr. Madison's war -- Christmas in Ghent -- Along the mighty Mississip' -- Nation at last.
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