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Union 1812
by A J Langguth
A narrative of the War of 1812 links its events to the War of Independence and American beliefs about Manifest Destiny, in an account that documents key battles while evaluating the contributions of such figures as Thomas Jefferson, Dolley Madison, and Davy Crockett.
The Battle Of New Orleans
by Robert V Remini
The Battle of New Orleans was the climactic battle of America's "forgotten war" of 1812. Andrew Jackson led his ragtag corps of soldiers against 8,000 disciplined invading British regulars in a battle that delivered the British a humiliating military defeat. The victory solidified America's independence and marked the beginning of Jackson's rise to national prominence. Hailed as "terrifically readable" by the Chicago Sun Times, The Battle of New Orleans is popular American history at its best, bringing...
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A Signal Victory: The Lake Erie Campaign, 1812-1813
by David Curtis Skaggs; Gerard T. Altoff
244 Pages. Stated: First Printing.This is a very interesting study on the 1812 - 1813 Naval campaign in Lake Erie including both the British and American strategies. The book's dust jacket is in Fine condition with only some minor scuffing and wearing marks keeping it from being like-new and the interior book is also in Fine condition with no visible extraneous markings, detriments, or distractions throughout it and thus all of its printing, maps, and its other illustrations are all in a very...
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$12.00
A JOURNAL CONTAINING AN ACCURATE AND INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THE HARDSHIPS, SUFFERINGS, BATTLES, DEFEAT, AND CAPTIVITY OF THOSE HEROIC KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS AND REGULARS COMMANDED BY GENERAL WINCHESTER, IN THE YEARS 1812-13. ALSO, TWO NARRATIVES BY MEN THAT WERE WOUNDED IN THE BATTLES ON THE RIVER RAISIN, AND TAKEN CAPTIVE BY THE INDIANS
by Darnell, Elias
Philadelphia, 1854. 16mo. 98, [1], [1 blank], [8 publ. advts.] pp. Bound in modern leatherette, spine title label. Minor scattered foxing. Very Good. This edition is the only printing cited by Field, Sabin, and Ayer. Howes says the first two printings-- 1813 and 1814-- are virtually unobtainable; Streeter's Sale offered the 1834 Philadelphia. The narratives are by Timothy Mallary and John Davenport, who were captured at the Battle of Raisin. The last text page is a poem entitled, 'The Battle of...
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$250.00
THE WAR OF 1812: A Guide to Battlefields and Historic Sites
by John Grant and Ray Jones
Buffalo, NY: Western New York Public Broadcasting Association, 2011. Paperback. 192 pgs. A softcover book in fine condition. Filled with many color images.
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$18.00
Union 1812 The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence
by Langguth, A. J
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover with color illustrated dust jacket. x, [2], 482 pages. Illustrations and maps included.
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$15.00
Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence
by Langguth, A.J
Simon & Schuster, 2006. 1st. Hardcover. A NEW bright copy in a NEW vivid pristine dj!!!.
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$10.00
Recollections of the American War 1812-14
by DUNLOP, Dr. William
Toronto: Historical Publishing Co, 1906. Edition of 1000 copies. Hardcover. Very good. U.S. Series No. 3. viii, 112 p. 18 cm. B&w frontispiece illustration of the author. Brown cloth hardcover with gold print. Some foxing and thumbing. Ink signature on front free endpaper. William "Tiger" Dunlop was a surgeon, army officer, Canada Company official, and politician, noted for his contributions to Canada in the War of 1812 and his role in populating a large part of Southern Ontario known as the Huron...
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$250.00
Centenary of War 1812-15: Naval Combat of Enterprise and Boxer September 5, 1813
by THAYER, Reverend Henry O
nd. Pamphlet. Good. Reprint from Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Vol. II, No. 2, 1914. [13 p.]. 24 cm. Stapled pamphlet. Yellow paper covers. Some soiling and tears at spine ends. Page numbers added in red ink.
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$40.00
Citizens in Arms
by Lawrence Delbert Cress
Hardcover book 1982 edition by The University of North Carolina Press. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 238pp. Some light foxing to the end-papers and more moderate foxing to the edges, else, a clean, unmarked, and tightly bound book in Very Good+ condition with a Very Good+ dust jacket with tiny tears at the head of the somewhat faded spine. Nice copy of this older book.
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$35.00
The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814 (Bluejacket Paperback)
by Pitch, Anthony S
Naval Institute Press, 2000. TPB. G+. 6x0x8. GOOD-PLUS TRADE-PAPERBACK. **SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR** LIGHT CREASE TO FRONT COVER NEAR OUTER TOP CORNER
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$5.83
Encyclopedia of the War of 1812
by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler, editors
First edition 1997 published by ABC-CLIO, Inc., Santa Barbara, California. Illustrated. Fine hardcover book with Near Fine dust jacket. "An enthralling, invaluable reference resource for high school and college students, scholars, and history buffs."
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$25.00
Congress Declares War
by Ronald L. Hatzenbuehier & Robert L. Ivie
INSCRIBED "To Scott - SIGNED Robert Ivie. Tables and Figures. A Very Good hardcover book in a Good- dust jacket with short edge tears and interior stain about the mid spine area.
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$10.00
Historical Sketch of the Second War Between the United States of America, and Great Britain, Declared by Act of Congress, the 18th of June, 1812, and Concluded by Peace, the 15th of February, 1815. Embracing the Events of 1814
by INGERSOLL, Charles J
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1849. Hardcover. ex library-fair. viii, [1], 18-317, [4], 2-8, [32] p. 25 cm. Brown cloth with blank impressing. Ex library with labels on lower spine and front endpapers, ink stamps on text block edges and title page verso. Lower spine chipped, unprofessional attempt at repair with tape, hinges cracked, hole in front hinge, worn corners and edges. Foxing and dampstains.
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$30.00
Native Memoirs from the War of 1812: Black Hawk and William Apess
by Carl Benn
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. Paperback. New. New softcover in matte printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes author's notes, bibliography, index, maps, photos, and illustrations. 224 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Rare firsthand accounts from Native Americans who fought in the War of 1812. Native peoples played major roles in the War of 1812 as allies of both the United States and Great Britain, but few wrote about their conflict...
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$8.95
The Documentary History of the Campaign on the Niagara Frontier, 1812. Volume 1.
by CRUIKSHANK, Ernest (ed.)
Arno Press & The New York Times, 1971. Hardcover. Near fine. The First American Frontier. 306, xix, 344, xxii, [5] p. 24 cm. 1 map. Brown cloth. Faint discolouration to top front.
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$30.00
The Republic in Peril: 1812
by Roger H Brown
New york: Columbia University Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Hardcover with dustjacket. Cover clean with minor shelfwear. Interior clean, binding tight. Jacket rubbed, chipped and edeworn. Ink name of previous owner on inside cover, otherwise, No marks to text.Your purchase benefits literacy and summer reading programs in Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio. We ship every business day. All books ship in cardboard bookfolds with delivery confirmation. Sets or unusually heavy items...
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$14.95
James Monroe Defends his Actions in Futile Defense of Washington in War of 1812
by JAMES MONROE
"I stand responsible for my own acts only. [Secretary of War John Armstrong] claims credit for the measures which had been taken for defense of this place. Those measures were not proposed by him but the President...."
James Monroe, then Secretary of State, led a scouting expedition in August 1814 that revealed the British marching towards the nation's capital. His warning allowed President James Madison to evacuate and save America's founding documents. In the face of criticism, Monroe here... Read more about this item
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A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, AS SECRETARY OF THE NORTH WESTERN TERRITORY, GOVERNOR OF THE INDIANA TERRITORY, AND COMMANDER OF THE ARMY OF THE NORTH WEST, REPRESENTATIVE, AND SENATOR IN CONGRESS, AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY TO COLUMBIA, WITH A SUCCINCT ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLES OF TIPPECANOE AND THE THAMES. COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
by [Harrison, William Henry]
New York: Published by T. & C. Wood, Stationers, 1835. 31, [1] pp. Disbound without wrappers, scattered light foxing. Good+. "Based in part on the sketch of Harrison which appeared in the Port Folio, 1814" [Miles]. A campaign biography for Harrison's first run against Van Buren and the Jacksonians, dedicated "to the officers and soldiers of the last war..." Miles 60. Sabin 30574.
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$275.00
THE REPUBLICAN CRISIS: OR, AN EXPOSITION OF THE POLITICAL JESUITISM OF JAMES MADISON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. BY AN OBSERVANT CITIZEN OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
by [Madison, James]
Alexandria: Printed for the Author, 1812. 56pp, but without the half title. Disbound. Untrimmed. Else Very Good. Supporting De Witt Clinton for President, the author attacks "the crooked and weak policy of Mr. Madison's administration" for abandoning Jeffersonian principles, and assails the incumbent's "weak and jealous disposition." Madison's "political turpitude and depravity" are set forth in detail. He "was never a sincere friend to the republican cause." Indeed, he was "a bosom friend of the late...
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$500.00
A Journal Containing an Accurate and Interesting Account of the Hardships, Suffering, Battles, Defeat and Captivity of those Heroic Kentucky Volunteers and Regulars, Commanded by General Winchester, in the Years 1812-13
by Elias Darnall
1970 hardcover as pictured. This is a reprint of the 1813 original edition titled as above. The spine title of this printing is A Journal Of Famous Kentuckians In The War Of 1812. The half title page reads An Imprint Selected For Reproduction by Oscar Rucker II. The book is listed as #s 2359 and 3543 in Coleman's "Bibliography of Kentucky History". Binding is firm. Maroon boards with gold stamping on spine show minimal wear. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked. Edge of textblock is lightly...
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$46.00
SHIPS OF OAK, GUNS OF IRON: The War of 1812 and the Forging of the American Navy
by Ronald D. Utt
Washington DC: Regnery History, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. As New. 572p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket, as new.
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$20.00
The Republic in Peril: 1812
by Roger H. Brown
Paperback / softback. New. In a major new interpretation of the origins of the War of 1812, Roger H. Brown argues in this book that the United States declared war on Great Britain in order to save the "republican experiment."
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$25.22
“John Bull and the Baltimoreans” Lampooning British Defeat at Fort McHenry in Baltimore Following their Earlier Success at Alexandria
by [WAR OF 1812]. WILLIAM CHARLES
"Mercy! mercy on me. What fellows those Baltimoreans are. After the example of the Alexandrians I thought I had nothing to do but enter the Town and carry off the Booty. And here is nothing but Defeat and Disgrace!!"
A masterpiece of design and composition. [WAR OF 1812]. WILLIAM CHARLES.
Print. John Bull and the Baltimoreans. Satirical engraved aquatint cartoon. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [October, 1814]. 1 p., 12½ x 9 in.Per Wikipedia's extensive entry on these prints, "Charles, despite being... Read more about this item
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$3,400.00
