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Title

The War of 1812 : the war that both sides won / Wesley B. Turner.

Author

Turner, Wesley B.

Publication

Toronto ; Tonawanda, N.Y. : Dundurn Press, c2000.

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Description

159 p. : ill., maps, ports.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Tragedy and farce, bravery and cowardice, intelligence and foolishness, sense and nonsense -- all these contradictions and more have characterized the War of 1812. The real significance of the series of skirmishes that collectively made up the war between 1812 and 1814 is the enormous impact they have had on Canadian and American views of themselves and of each other. The publication of The War of 1812: The War That Both Sides Won in 1990 provided a contemporary look at the period, and included such developments as the 1975 discovery of the Hamilton and Scourge on the bottom of Lake Ontario, and the 1987 discovery of the skeletons of casualties at Snake Hill. Now, a decade later, Wesley B. Turner has updated The War of 1812 to include new insights from recent research, an expanded bibliography, and an appendix on weaponry. There is a great deal of fresh material in this interesting and informative overview of a crucial period in North American history. Book jacket."--Jacket.

Subject

• 1791-1841
• Canada > History > 1791-1841
• Canada > History > War of 1812
• United States > Participation, Canadian. > War of 1812

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-153) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Chapter 1 Background to War, 1802-1812 15 -- Chapter 2 A Surprising War, 1812 33 -- Chapter 3 War on Land and Sea, 1813 57 -- Chapter 4 Checks and Stalemates, 1814 89 -- Chapter 5 Out of War to a Long Peace 115 -- Appendix Weapons of Period Armies and Navies 133.

ISBN

1550023365

LCCN

^^^00340084^

OCLC

43276643

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library