The War of 1812: A Guide to Battlefields and Historic Sites

by Ray Jones and John Grant

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596528303
• ISBN13: 9781596528307
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Turner
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 10.7"