A Bloodless Victory (Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812)
by Joseph F. Stoltz III
Once celebrated on par with the Fourth of July, January 8th-the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans-is no longer a day of reverence for most Americans. Although the United States' stunning 1815 defeat of the British army south of New Orleans gave rise to the presidency of Andrew Jackson, the Democratic Party, and the legend of Jean Laffite, the battle has not been a national holiday since 1861. Joseph F. Stoltz III explores how generations of Americans have consciously revised, reinterprete...
Popular memory of the War of 1812 caroms from the beleaguered Fort McHenry to the burning White House to an embattled New Orleans. But the critical action was elsewhere, as Richard V. Barbuto tells us in this clarifying work that puts the state of New York squarely at the center of America's first foreign war. British demands to move the northern border as far south as the Ohio River put New York on the first line of defense. But it was the leadership of Governor Daniel D. Tompkins that distin...
The Canadian Theater, 1813 (U.S. Army Campaigns of the War of 1812)
by Richard V. Barbuto
The Staff Ride Handbook for The Battles of New Orleans,23 December 1814-8 January 1815
by Matthew B Dale
"Unshackling America challenges the persistent fallacy that Americans fought two separate wars of independence. Williard Sterne Randall documents an unremitting fifty-year-long struggle for economic independence from Britain overlapping two armed conflicts linked by an unacknowledged global struggle. Throughout this perilous period, the struggle was all about free trade. Neither Jefferson nor any other Founding Father could divine that the Revolutionary Period of 1763 to 1783 had concluded only...
American Prisoners of War Held at Chatham During the War of 1812
by Eric Eugene Johnson
The Battle of New Orleans (Filson Club Publications, #19) (Regiments and Campaigns)
by Zachary F Smith
A Voice from the Main Deck (Classics of Naval Literature)
by Samuel Leech and Michael J. Crawford
This memoir by a British seaman who fought in the War of 1812 provides valuable insights into the history of that war, illuminates the experience of the forecastle in the age of the fighting sail, and tells the story of an interesting life. Leech began his career at sea at the age of 12, worked as a
Frontier Militiaman in the War of 1812 (Warrior, #129)
by Ed Gilbert
The Windflower (The beloved, classic tale of passion on the high seas)
by Laura London
The classic tale of passion on the high seas, available in print for the first time in 20 years and in ebook for the first time ever... Laura London's beloved novel will be adored by fans of Julie Garwood, Jude Deveraux, Loretta Chase, Johanna Lindsey and Kathleen E. Woodiwiss.Merry Wilding is a lady of breeding, of innocence, and of breathtaking beauty. With high hopes for a holiday in England, she sets sail from New York-but the tide of her life is destined to turn. Mistakenly swept aboard an...
A biography of the famous Shawnee describes Tecumseh's plan to amalgamate all North American tribes into one people, his role as statesman and military strategist, and his death in the Battle of Thames.
The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815
by G R Gleig
The Autobiography Manuscript of Major Amos Stoddard
by Robert A Stoddard
