| This exciting new volume explains what led to America's decision to take up arms against Great Britain and assesses the three terrible years of fighting that followed on land and sea, where battles such as Lake Erie and Lake Champlain launched American naval traditions. $14 |
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War of 1812 (First Books--America at War ) Contributor(s): Alden R Carter (Author) Discusses the causes, events, campaigns, personalities, and aftermath of the War of 1812. |
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Guidebook to the Historical Sites of the War of 1812
Contributor(s): Gilbert Collins (Author) This guidebook to the War of 1812 includes 385 historic sites and markers, twenty-seven maps, and forty-seven illustrations. Each entry gives a full history of what occurred and is cross-referenced to related sites $17 |
.The Age of Fighting Sail: The Story of the Naval War of 1812
No one has been so well equipped as C. S. Forester to dramatize the sea battles of the War of 1812, to characterize the heroes more skillfully, or to comprehend more shrewdly the world unrest that made it possible for an infant republic to embarrass a great nation rich in one hundred years of sea triumphs.
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Splintering the Wooden Wall: The British Blockade of the United States, 1812-1815
Contributor(s): Wade G Dudley (Author)
The Story of the British Blockade of the US $30
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Fighting Sail on Lake Huron and Georgian Bay: The War of 1812 and Its Aftermath - GreenLight
Contributor(s): Barry Gough (Author) $30 |
| 1812: Rediscovering Chesapeake Bay's Forgotten War
REDISCOVER THE FORGOTTEN WAR From the creation of "The Star Spangled Banner" to Uncle Sam, the War of 1812 left a lasting legacy. The true story of that war is largely forgotten today. This book sets out to explore America's Second War of Independence in the Chesapeake Bay region from today's perspective. $13
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The United States Army, 1812-1815 (Men-At-Arms (Osprey) #345 )
Contributor(s): James L Kochan (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), David Rickman (Illustrator), James L Kochan (Author)
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The Naval War on Lake Ontario, 1812-1814 (Classics of Naval Literature )
Of all the struggles that took place along the border between the United States and the British provinces in Canada during the War of 1812, the one that lasted the longest was the battle for control of Lake Ontario. Because the armies depended on it for transportation and supply, control of the lake was a key element in American invasion attempts and the defensive actions of the British.$35
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