Book Overview
President Harry Truman called it the "silliest damn war we ever had." Not long after the U.S. had gained its independence from Great Britain, the two nations went to war again, this time over disputes... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1560065818
ISBN13:9781560065814
Release Date:September 1999
Publisher:Lucent Books
Length:128 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 7.8" x 9.2"
Age Range:10 to 13 years
Grade Range:Grades 5 to 8
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Very nice summary of the war
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
In the many history books he has written for young people, scholar Don nardo has always managed to present all the basic, important, pertinent facts about his subject, and then throw in some interesting, little-known details besides. He does the same thing in this excellent, well organized, and extremely well documented volume on the War of 1812. Mr. Nardo's prose is always lively, but in some parts of this book, notably the famous "great chase" of Old Ironsides by some British warships and the American naval victories on the Great Lakes, his descriptiions are better termed rousing, suspenseful, and uplifting. Adults will get almost as much out of this book as kids.
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