1812

  • 1812: The War and Its Moral, A Canadian Chronicle
    By William Foster Coffin, William Coffin

    Short killed— Stormers repulsed— Proctor retires— Barclay at Maiden— Efforts to equip squadron— No men nor material —The two 24's— Calibre and character of guns in the squadrons respectively 202 ...

  • 1812: The Navy's War
    By George C Daughan

    294 “within forty-eight hours”: Cockburn to Cochrane, July 17, 1814, in Crawford, ed., Naval War of 1812, 3:137–39; Irving Brant, James Madison, vol. 6: Commander in Chief, 1812–1836 (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1961), 285; Shomette, ...

  • 1812: The Navy's War
    By George C. Daughan

    At the outbreak of the War of 1812, AmericaÕs prospects looked dismal. It was clear that the primary battlefield would be the open oceanÑbut AmericaÕs war fleet, only twenty ships...

  • 1812: The War That Forged a Nation
    By Walter R. Borneman

    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...

  • 1812: War with America
    By Jon Latimer

    Listen to a short interview with Jon Latimer Host: Chris Gondek - Producer: Heron & Crane In the first complete history of the War of 1812 written from a British...

  • 1812: War and the Passions of Patriotism
    By Nicole Eustace

    As military campaigns go, the War of 1812 was a disaster. By the time it ended in 1815, Washington, D.C., had been burned to the ground, the national debt had...

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  • 1812: The Rivers of War
    By Eric Flint

    Eric Flint’s acclaimed 1634: The Galileo Affair was a national bestseller from one of the most talked-about voices in his field.

  • 1812: A Traveler's Guide to the War That Defined a Continent
    By National Geographic

    This official guide to the War of 1812 takes readers on a fascinating tour of the prominent historical sites in both Canada and the U.S. Timed for bicentennial celebrations continuing...

  • 1812: Napoleon in Moscow
    By Paul Britten Austin

    The fruit of more than twenty years of research, this superbly crafted work skillfully blends the memoirs and diaries of more than a hundred eyewitnesses, all of whom took part in the Grand Army’s doomed march on Moscow, to reveal the ...

  • 1812: The War of 1812
    By Walter R. Borneman

    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...

  • 1812: A Novel
    By David Nevin

    From the New York Times bestselling author David Nevin comes an atonishing historical novel of the War of 1812The war of 1812 would either make America a global power sweeping...

  • 1812: Eyewitness Accounts of Napoleon's Defeat in Russia
    By Antony Brett-James

    1812: Eyewitness Accounts of Napoleon's Defeat in Russia

  • 1812: Russia's Patriotic War
    By Laurence Spring

    Much has been written on Napolean's ill-fated invasion of Russia, but from the Grande Armee's point of view, their bold crossing of the River Nieman and capture of Moscow, and...

  • 1812: Napoleon’s Fatal March on Moscow
    By Adam Zamoyski

    Adam Zamoyski’s bestselling account of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia and his catastrophic retreat from Moscow, events that had a profound effect on European history.