Andrew Jackson and the miracle of New Orleans the battle that shaped America's destiny
The War of 1812 saw America threatened on every side. Encouraged by the British, Indian tribes attacked settlers in the West, while the Royal Navy terrorized the coasts. By mid-1814, President James Madison's generals had lost control of the war in the North, losing battles in Canada. Then British t...
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New York, New York :
Sentinel, an imprint of Penguin Random House,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Freedoms at risk
- How to lose a war
- The making of a general
- A river dyed red
- The British on offense
- Jackson unleashed
- Target: New Orleans
- Losing Lake Borgne
- The armies assemble
- The First Battle of New Orleans
- The defensive line
- Day of destiny
- The British withdraw.
