The Battle of New Orleans Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory,9780141001791

The Battle of New Orleans Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory

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ISBN13: 9780141001791
ISBN10: 0141001798
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-05-01
Publisher(s): Penguin Books
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Summary

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 to life a landmark battle that helped define the character of the United States.

Author Biography

Robert V. Remini, whose three-volume biography, Andrew Jackson, won the National Book Award and was reissued in 1998 as a Main Selection of the History Book Club, is also the author of biographies of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. He is professor emeritus of history and research professor emeritus of humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and lives in Wilmette, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Chronology xiii
The War in the South
5(20)
New Orleans
25(27)
The Invasion Begins
52(22)
The Night Attack
74(25)
The Artillery Duel
99(20)
Final Preparations
119(17)
The Eighth of January
136(33)
The Final Assault
169(15)
``Who Would Not Be an American?''
184(17)
Notes 201(16)
Bibliography 217(4)
Index 221

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