The War of 1812 : a guide to battlefields and historic sites
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- ISBN: 1596528303
- ISBN: 9781596528307
- Physical Description vii, 192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
- Publisher Buffalo : Western New York Public Broadcasting Association, [2011]
- Copyright ©2011
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Companion to the PBS television special." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-183) and index. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 27.95 |
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The War Of 1812 : A Guide to Battlefields and Historic Sites
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The War Of 1812 : A Guide to Battlefields and Historic Sites
Discover the war that shaped North America in this fully illustrated companion to the PBS television documentary. It has been almost two full centuries since a thin line of Canadian militiamen turned back an American army at Crysler's Farm on the banks of the St. Lawrence, and the tattered Star-Spangled Banner ï¬ew through the night and into the dawn over Fort McHenry, surviving a storm of Royal Navy shot and shell. However, the approach of the war's bicentennial has unleashed a cascade of interest in this smoky, old cannon-and-musket conflict. Lushly illustrated with more than 120 color photographs and archival paintings, this exciting documentary companion brings the war to life with vivid descriptions and insightful eyewitness accounts. Readers can relive key moments in the conflict by visiting battlefields and other relevant sites such as Queenstown Heights, Lundy's Lane, Fort McHenry, and Chalmette Plantation outside New Orleans. The book is divided into seven chronologically arranged chapters, each of them focusing on one of several distinct theaters of the war. Follow the course of what happened and why each location was important to the war as a whole.