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 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.
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.
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Book details
- Author
- John Grant, Ray Jones
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 200
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- History › United States › 19th Century
History › Military › United States
History › Military › Canada - Topics
- American military history · Canadian military history · North American history · illustrated history · 19th century warfare
- ISBN-13
- 9781596528307
About the authors
JOHN 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.
Grant 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.
John lives in State College, Pennsylvania.
RAY JONES is the author of more than forty books on lighthouses, American history, and related subjects. His recent books include Lighthouse Encyclopedia.
Jones has written and edited for PBS, Time-Life Books, and Southern Living magazine, and served as founding editor of Albuquerque Living magazine and founder and publisher of Country Roads Press.
Ray lives in Pebble Beach, California.