{"title":"John Grant","description":"\u003cp\u003eJOHN GRANT is an executive producer of television documentaries at WNED-TV Buffalo\/Toronto and the author of seven companion books for his television programs. His productions include The War of 1812, Legendary Lighthouses and West Point: The First 200 Years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrant earned an Emmy Award for his work on the children’s series Reading Rainbow. His production company, Driftwood Productions, produces travel and history programs for public and cable television.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn lives in State College, Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Grant’s books are published by Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-war-of-1812","title":"The War of 1812: A Guide to Battlefields and Historic Sites","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDiscover the war that shaped North America \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ein this fully illustrated companion to the PBS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etelevision documentary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt 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 flew 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLushly 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1596528303\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781596528307\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"John Grant, Ray Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43238213714136,"sku":"9781596528307","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/1812_mockup_v2_1662576806_b2b9cba2-3530-4ff3-b8c0-9b30e7141095.jpg?v=1791040016"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-john-grant.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}