WALTER R. BORNEMAN

1812

The War That Forged a Nation

HarperCollins, 2004, 368 pages

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With humiliating and glorious moments, the United States fought a war crucial to its national development and subsequent westward expansion.

FROM THE DUST JACKET:

“….geographically spacious…a lively narrator.” — Booklist

“…the best popular account of the war of 1812.” — Robert Remini

Winner of the

2008 New York

Society of Colonial Wars Distinguished Book Award

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.

During the course of the war, 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 cotton bales at New Orleans and bested the pride of British regulars.

Here are America's double-dealing James Wilkinson, Great Britain's gallant Sir Isaac Brock, and Canada's heroine farm wife Laura Secord.

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