William Henry Harrison and the Conquest of the Ohio Country: Frontier Fighting in the War of 1812

by David Curtis Skaggs

Who was William Henry Harrison, and what does his military career reveal about the War of 1812 in the Great Lakes Region?

In his study of William Henry Harrison, David Curtis Skaggs sheds light on the role of citizen-soldiers in taming the wilderness of the old Northwest. Perhaps best known for the Whig slogan in 1840--"Tippecanoe and Tyler Too"--Harrison used his efforts to pacify Native Americans and defeat the British in the War...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421405466
• ISBN13: 9781421405469
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher