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"Here are the stories of commanding generals such as America's Henry "Granny" Dearborn, double-dealing James Wilkinson, and feisty Andrew Jackson, as well as Great Britain's gallant Sir Isaac Brock, overly cautious Sir George Prevost, and Rear Admiral George Cockburn, the man who put the torch to Washington. Here too are those inadvertently caught up in the war, from heroine farm wife Laura Secord, whom some call Canada's Paul Revere, to country doctor William Beanes, whose capture set the stage for Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner."" "1812: The War That Forged a Nation presents a sweeping narrative that emphasizes the struggle's importance to America's coming-of-age as a nation. Though frequently overlooked between the American Revolution and the Civil War, the War of 1812 did indeed span half a continent - from Mackinac Island to New Orleans and Lake Champlain to Horseshoe Bend - and it paved the way for the conquest of the other half."--Jacket.… (más)
Book follows most of the historical battles and events that forged our nation during the war of 1812. This book is great for students learning about the war of 1812 and want a new way of describing and seeing the battles and significance of the war from just lecturing and textbooks. ( )
A good, basic, and readable primer on the War of 1812 -- from how it came to be to how it concluded. It does use a lot of secondary sources, but as I didn't know much about this war it was a good jumping off point for me. ( )
A highly readable history about a war of which I knew little. I read this book as a means to relax while listening to music and also to know more about this rather obscure conflict and it certainly fulfilled this role ( )
The War of 1812 was yet another war that requires head scratching as to why it even started. They had to name it after a calendar year because there wasn't much else they could do. For the Yanks, it really was a great war, and here's why:
1. Commodore Hazard Perry was able to write the immortal, "We have met the enemy and they are ours...". Take that, evil Pommie empire.
2. 'Old Ironsides'. The baddest-ass nickname ever given to a ship.
3. The redcoats burned the White House. Americans have had a chip on their shoulder ever since.
4. President Madison was, apart from Lincoln, the only President to actually be on a battlefield as the nation's commander-in-chief. Of all the Presidents, tiny little Madison was the least likely to ever do that.
5. The Star-Spangled Banner. Rockets' red glare.
6. The Battle of New Orleans. The war was already over, but someone forgot to tell the Brits, who lost their general. Jackson would turn the victory into a future presidency.
Walter Borneman makes life easy for the reader by breaking the War of 1812 into focused and succinct chapters, which makes the entire book rather gripping. Although the outcome of the war was really a stalemate, the book is decidedly victorious in its revelation of how a clumsy and fledgling republic was forged into a nation.
Book Season = Autumn (east coast war = leaves change colours) ( )
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For my mother Barbara Lucille Parker Borneman (1927-1956)
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Introduction In some respects, it was a silly little war - fought between creaking sailing ships and inexperienced armies often led by bumbling generals. It featured a tit-for-tat, "You burned our capital, so we'll burn yours," and a legendary battle unknowingly fought after the signing of a peace treaty.
Chapter 1 In the early twilight, the swollen waters of the Ohio River swept a wooden flatboat up to a landing on a small tree-covered island.
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"Here are the stories of commanding generals such as America's Henry "Granny" Dearborn, double-dealing James Wilkinson, and feisty Andrew Jackson, as well as Great Britain's gallant Sir Isaac Brock, overly cautious Sir George Prevost, and Rear Admiral George Cockburn, the man who put the torch to Washington. Here too are those inadvertently caught up in the war, from heroine farm wife Laura Secord, whom some call Canada's Paul Revere, to country doctor William Beanes, whose capture set the stage for Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner."" "1812: The War That Forged a Nation presents a sweeping narrative that emphasizes the struggle's importance to America's coming-of-age as a nation. Though frequently overlooked between the American Revolution and the Civil War, the War of 1812 did indeed span half a continent - from Mackinac Island to New Orleans and Lake Champlain to Horseshoe Bend - and it paved the way for the conquest of the other half."--Jacket.
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