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English
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The War of 1812 saw America threatened on every side. Encouraged by the British, Indian tribes attacked settlers in the West, while the Royal Navy terrorized the coasts. By mid-1814, President James Madison's generals had lost control of the war in the North, losing battles in Canada. Then British troops set the White House ablaze, and a feeling of hopelessness spread across the country. Into this dire situation stepped Major General Andrew Jackson....
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
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Description
December 1814: its economy in tatters, its capital city of Washington, D.C., burnt to the ground, a young America was again at war with the militarily superior English crown. With an enormous enemy armada approaching New Orleans, two unlikely allies teamed up to repel the British in one of the greatest battles ever fought in North America.The defense of New Orleans fell to the backwoods general Andrew Jackson, who joined the raffish French pirate...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
viii, 496 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In the waning days of 1814, a fleet of Royal Navy warships closed in on the waters below New Orleans. The gateway of the Mississippi River and America's heartland, it was defended by General Andrew Jackson with an 'army' of farmers, merchants, backwoodsmen, smugglers, slaves, and Choctaw Indians, many of them unarmed. Davis tells the story of one of the most impactful battles ever fought on American soil-- a tale of resilience, bravery, and uncommon...
Author
Series
Historical handbook volume no. 29
Publisher
U.S. National Park Service
Pub. Date
1958, reprinted 1961.
Physical Desc
55 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Filson Club publications volume no. 19
Publisher
Heritage Books
Pub. Date
1988.
Physical Desc
xv, 209 pages : 8 unnumbered leaves : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
20) New Orleans
Author
Series
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Focuses on the final battle of the War of 1812, which actually took place after the war ended, describes it in the context of the entire conflict, and examines related sites that can be visited today.
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