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1812: The Navy's War by George C. Daughan Publisher Comments At the outbreak of the War of 1812, Americas prospects looked dismal. It was clear that the primary battlefield would be the open ocean—but Americas war fleet, only twenty ships strong, faced a practiced British navy of more than a thousand men-of... (read more) Your price: $32.50 New - Hardcover 
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The Age of Fighting Sail by C. S. Forester Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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1812: The War That Forged a Nation (P.S.) by Walter R Borneman Publisher Comments < p> Although frequently overlooked between the American Revolution and the Civil War, the War of 1812 tested a rising generation of American leaders; unified the United States with a renewed sense of national purpose; and set the stage for... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Patriotic Fire: Andrew Jackson and Jean Laffite at the Battle of New Orleans (Vintage) by Winston Groom Publisher Comments December 1814: its economy in tatters, its capital city of Washington, D.C., burnt to the ground, a young America was again at war with the militarily superior English crown. With an enormous enemy armada approaching New Orleans, two unlikely allies... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The War of 1812: A Guide to Battlefields and Historic Sites by John Grant Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Battle of New Orleans by Robert Vincent Remini Publisher Comments A colorful and engaging account of a neglected but important 1815 battle shows how Andrew Jackson and a motley crew of frontiersmen, pirates, free blacks, and regular soldiers managed to defeat the battle-tested British troops in New Orleans. Reprint.... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence by A J Langguth Publisher Comments The author of the acclaimed "Patriots: The Men Who Started the American Revolution" presents this dramatic account of the War of 1812, the war that established a young nation as a permanent power and proved its claim to Manifest Destiny. Maps.... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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War of 1812 (02 Edition) by Carl Benn Publisher Comments The War of 1812-1815 was a bloody confrontation that tore through the American frontier, the British colonies of Upper and Lower Canada, and parts of the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico. The conflict saw British, American, and First Nations' forces... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory by Robert Vince Remini Publisher Comments The first cannon-fire filled narrative of a defining moment in American history--from "the foremost Jacksonian scholar of our time" ("The New York Times"). of engravings.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814 (Bluejacket Books) by Anthony S Pitch Publisher Comments With all the immediacy of an eyewitness account, the author tells the dramatic story of the British invasion of Washington in 1814.... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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1812: The War That Forged a Nation by Walter R Borneman Publisher Comments In June 1812 the still-infant United States had the audacity to declare war on the British Empire. Fought between creaking sailing ships and armies often led by bumbling generals, the ensuing conflict featured a tit-for-tat "You burned our capital, so we'... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The War of 1812: Conflict for a Continent (Cambridge Essential Histories) by J. C. A. Stagg Publisher Comments This book is a narrative history of the many dimensions of the War of 1812 social, diplomatic, military, and political which places the war's origins and conduct in transatlantic perspective. The events of 1812 1815 were shaped by the larger crisis of... (read more) Your price: $24.75 New - Trade Paper
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The War of 1812 (Da Capo Paperback) by John K Mahon Publisher Comments Detailed enough for scholars, yet vivid enough for the general reader, Mahons study will remain the standard source for anyone who wishes to gain a complete understanding of the War of 1812.... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Campaign #028: New Orleans 1815: Andrew Jackson Crushes the British by Tim Pickles Publisher Comments Osprey's examination of the War of 1812, which was the product of the United States' wish to free itself from the British Empire. The conflict that broke out in 1812 seemed born of an almost subconscious desire for a war to complete the separation... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Patriotic Fire: Andrew Jackson and Jean Laffite at the Battle of New Orleans by Winston Groom Publisher Comments From the author of best-selling works of history and fiction, a fast-paced, enthralling retelling of one of the greatest battles fought on the North American continent, and of the two men who—against all expectations and odds—joined... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Perilous Fight: America's Intrepid War with Britain on the High Seas, 1812-1815 by Stephen Budiansky Publisher Comments In Perilous Fight, Stephen Budiansky tells the rousing story of the underdog coterie of American seamen and their visionary secretary of the navy, who combined bravery and strategic innovation to hold off the legendary Royal Navy. Budiansky vividly... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict by Donald R Hickey Publisher Comments This first comprehensive history of the War of 1812 since Henry Adam's work of a century ago is a myth-shattering study that will inform and entertain students, historians, and general readers. Donald R. Hickey explores the military, diplomatic, and... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Perilous Fight: America's Intrepid War with Britain on the High Seas, 1812-1815 by Stephen Budiansky Publisher Comments In Perilous Fight, Stephen Budiansky tells the rousing story of the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812, when an upstart American fleet fought off the legendary Royal Navy and established America as a world power for the first time. Through vivid re... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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A Wampum Denied: Procter's War of 1812, Second Edition (Carleton Library) by Sandy Antal Publisher Comments A Wampum Denied reassesses the much-maligned career of Henry Procter, commander of the British forces, traces the Canadian/British/Native side of the conflict (amid a literature dominated by the American view), and casts new light on an allied military... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Old Hickory's war :Andrew Jackson and the quest for empire by David S Heidler Publisher Comments A true tale of intrigue, prejudice, betrayal, and revenge. After the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson destroyed his opponents -- British, Spanish, Native Americans -- in his drive to expand the growing U.S. empire and to launch himself onto the national stage.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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