When Washington Burned: An Illustrated History of the War of 1812
Philadelphia / Oxford: Casemate Publishers, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.
AMERICA'S SECOND WAR WITH BRITAIN — IN WORDS AND IMAGES.
Published for the bicentennial of the War of 1812, Arnold Blumberg's extensively illustrated history follows the conflict from its political origins through the campaigns on the Canadian frontier, naval warfare, the burning of Washington, the defense of Baltimore, and the Battle of New Orleans.
A VISUAL HISTORY OF THE WAR OF 1812.
Designed as an accessible single-volume history, the book combines narrative military history with approximately 100 period images, including paintings, engravings, portraits, maps, and other historical reproductions. The publisher describes the work as covering both American and British forces and the war on land and sea.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Publisher's hardcover binding in the original illustrated dust jacket. Quarto, approximately 10.5 inches tall. 206 pages plus final unnumbered leaf.
Illustrated throughout in color and black-and-white with historical paintings, engravings, maps, portraits, and other period reproductions. The publisher records approximately 100 illustrations. Includes bibliography and index.
The ten chapters progress chronologically and thematically through the Road to War, the opening American campaigns, Detroit and Queenston, naval successes, the Great Lakes, the campaigns of 1813, warships and privateers, the Niagara frontier, the British invasion of the United States, and the southern campaign culminating at New Orleans.
CONDITION: New. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. No flaws or blemishes. Binding tight and square, contents clean and bright, with no evident wear. Dust jacket likewise without notable wear.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE — THE WAR THAT TESTED THE YOUNG REPUBLIC.
The War of 1812 tested a United States only three decades removed from the Revolution. Blumberg places the celebrated episodes—the burning of Washington, the bombardment of Fort McHenry, American naval victories, and Andrew Jackson's triumph at New Orleans—within the broader and often less familiar campaigns fought along the Canadian border, Great Lakes, Atlantic seaboard, and southern frontier.
FROM DETROIT TO NEW ORLEANS.
Particular attention is given to naval warfare and privateering as well as the land campaigns. The heavily illustrated format gives the volume additional value as a visual introduction to the uniforms, commanders, ships, battles, and contemporary imagery of the conflict.
SUBJECTS: War of 1812, Burning of Washington, Washington D.C., Fort McHenry, Battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson, United States Navy, Royal Navy, Great Lakes, Canada, Naval Warfare, Privateering, American Military History, Military History, American History, Illustrated History, Naval History.
Item #22406
ISBN: 9781612001012
Price: $30.00
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