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The greatest fury : the battle of New Orleans and the rebirth of America
- Title
- The greatest fury : the battle of New Orleans and the rebirth of America / William C. Davis.
- Author
- Davis, William C., 1946-
- Publication
- [New York, New York] : Caliber, [2019]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 20-309 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- viii, 496 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- "From master historian William C. Davis, the definitive story of the Battle of New Orleans, the fight that decided the ultimate fate not only of the War of 1812 but the future course of the fledgling American republic"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-368) and index.
- Contents
- A Spot on the Globe -- "Bloody Noses There Will Be" -- "By the Gods I Think You Will Have Warm Work" -- "One of the Most Brilliant Things on Record" -- "The American States are Doomed" -- Treachery Opens a Way -- "By the Eternal! I'll Fight Them Tonight." -- "Fury and Confusion" -- "The Best Fought Action in the Annals of Military Warfare" -- "Cannon and Batteries are its Proper Defence" -- "I am Now on the Move" -- "Giving Us the Whole Campaign" -- "Thunder, and Smoke, and Slaughter" -- "The Necessity of Doing Something" -- "Strike Our Foes with Fear" -- "We Await Our Fate" -- "We Shall Have A Warm Day" -- "A Spectacle of Carnage" -- "The Greatest Fury" -- "All Fear is at an End." -- "The Finger of Heaven was in this Thing" -- "Rescued is Orleans from the English Wolves" -- Epilogue. "Who Would Not be an American?"
- Call Number
- JFE 20-309
- ISBN
- 9780399585227
- 0399585222
- LCCN
- 2019022486
- OCLC
- 1128890607
- Author
- Davis, William C., 1946- author.
- Title
- The greatest fury : the battle of New Orleans and the rebirth of America / William C. Davis.
- Publisher
- [New York, New York] : Caliber, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-368) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1812-1815
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-309