TITLE:
The civil war of 1812 : American citizens, British subjects, Irish rebels, and Indian allies / Alan Taylor.
Publication Date:
2011
Publication Information:
New York : Vintage books,
Edition:
1st Vintage books ed.
Physical Description:
620 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
In the early nineteenth century, Britons and Americans renewed their struggle over the legacy of the American Revolution. In this second confrontation, soldiers, immigrants, settlers, and Indians fought to determine the fate of a continent. Would revolutionary republicanism sweep the British from Canada? Or would the British contain, divide, and ruin the shaky republic? Moving beyond national histories to examine the lives of common men and women, The Civil War of 1812 reveals an often brutal (sometimes comic) war and illuminates the tangled origins of the United States and Canada.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780679776734
General Note:
Previously published by Random House in 2010.
