1812 The War That Forged a Nation

Name: 1812 The War That Forged a Nation
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ISBN: 9780060531133

ISBN-10: 0060531134

ISBN-13: 9780060531133

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Authors: Walter R. Borneman

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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 it's 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…

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List price: $18.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/4/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



List of Maps


Acknowledgments


Introduction: The 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


The Lion's Roar



Finale (1814-1815)


Niagara's Thunder


Lake Champlain


Another Capital Burns


O Say, Can You See?


Still Mr. Madison's War


Christmas in Ghent


Along the Mighty Mississip'


A Nation at Last


Endnotes


Bibliography


Index