Provides information about the political, strategic, tactical, and cultural aspects of the War of 1812; and includes primary source images, maps, and battle plans.
The United States is facing war once again in 1812, with James and Dolley Madison, Andrew and Rachel Jackson, and an assortment of other statesmen, heroes, and ordinary men and women ready to take a stand for the fledgling nation.
Illustrates the U.S.'s national anthem, depicting the 1814 battle that inspired it, and presents a musical score, historical notes, and a CD containing the song.
A biography of Sequoyah, a member of the Cherokee tribe who was responsible for creating a syllabary that put the Cherokee language in writing, describing his childhood, work as a blacksmith, and service for the British in the War of 1812.
While their uncle is in England trying to avert war, eighteen-year-old Manly Treegate and his twelve-year-old brother, Peter, go to the Ohio frontier to prepare for war against Tecumseh's forces.
Recounts how Mrs. Pickergill of Baltimore was commissioned to make the huge flag which flew at Fort McHenry over Baltimore Harbor during a battle with the British in 1814.
