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An ocean free-lance : from a privateersman's log, 1812 Russell, William Clark 1882 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-3

We are one : the War of 1812: The Battles for St. Michaels, Maryland August 10 & 26, 1813 "Welcome to August 10, 1813, in the little town of St. Michaels, Maryland. On this hot, dark morning the feared British Navy attacked the town of three hundred, defended by local militia. This book tells the story of that attack and a subsequent attempt on August 26. We also look at the life of our citizens at that time and the lasting impact of this war in the Chesapeake Bay."--The preface. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1812/1815"(42:73)

The War of 1812 : a guide to battlefields and historic sites /John Grant and Ray Jones. Descriptions of War of 1812 battles are followed by how the battlefields appear today. [2011]. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812"(42:73)

Utmost gallantry : the U.S. and Royal Navies at sea in the War of 1812 /Kevin D. McCranie. McCranie, Kevin D. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1814/1815"(42:73)

Naval actions of the War of 1812 / Barnes, James. 1897. Barnes, James 1897 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812/1815"(42:73)

A voyage to Hudson's Bay, during the summer of 1812 M'Keevor, Thomas 1819 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(987)"1812"

Free trade and sailors' rights in the War of 1812 / Paul A. Gilje. "This book examines the political slogan "free trade and sailors rights" and traces its sources to eighteenth-century intellectual thought and Americans' previous experience with impressment into the British navy"-- 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812"(73)

Fighting sail on Lake Huron and Georgian Bay : the War of 1812 and its aftermath /Barry Gough. Gough, Barry. 2002. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812/1815"(42:73)

of the trial of Samuel Tulley and John Dalton, on an indictment for piracy, committed January 21st, 1812 1812 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:341.362.1

Naval occurrences of the War of 1812 : a full and correct account of the naval war between Great Britain James, William, 2004. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Perilous fight : America's intrepid war with Britain on the high seas, 1812-1815 /Stephen Budiansky. "Budiansky shows that, far from an indecisive and unnecessary conflict--as historians have long dismissed the War of 1812--this "forgotten war" had profound consequences that would change the course of naval warfare, America's place in the world, and the rules of international conflict forever. Never again would the great powers challenge the young republic's sovereignty in the aftermath of the stunning performance of America's navy and privateersmen. Drawing extensively on diaries, letters, and personal accounts from both sides, Budiansky re-creates the encounters at sea, the intimate hopes and fears of vainglorious captains and young seamen in search of adventure, and the behind-the-scenes political intrigue and maneuvering in Washington and London."--From publisher description. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812/1815"(42:73)

America, Russia, hemp and Napoleon : American trade with Russia and the Baltic, 1783-1812 Crosby, Alfred W 1965 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382:677.1

Against all odds: US sailors in the war of 1812 Brodine, Charles 2004 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812/1815"(42:73)

Broke of the Shannon : and the war of 1812 /edited by Tim Voelcker. Captain Broke's victory in 1813 over Captain Lawrence of USS Chesapeake, which was to have far reaching influence on the future of North America, did much to restore the morale of the Royal Navy, shattered by three successive defeats in single-ship duels with US frigates, and stunned the American nation which had come to expect success. Both Britain and the USA claim to have won the war but only Canada, the third country heavily involved, can fully claim to have done so, for the peace that followed established her as an independent nation. Leading historians from all three countries have joined to give their sometimes conflicting views on different aspects in a way to interest and entertain general readers, as well as challenge academics. It is a tale of political and military blunders, courage and cowardice in battle, a bloody ship-to-ship fight, and technical innovation in the hitherto crude methods of naval gunnery. It also tells the human story of Broke's determination to achieve victory so he could return to his wife and children after seven lonely years at sea. The near-fatal wound Broke received in hand-to-hand fighting as he boarded the Chesapeake meant that he never served again at sea, but his work on naval gunnery, paid for out of his own pocket, transformed Admiralty thinking and led to the establishment of the British naval school of gunnery, HMS Excellent. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BROKE

Ships of oak, guns of iron : the War of 1812 and the forging of the American navy /Ronald D. Utt. "During the War of 1812, America's tiny fleet took on the mightiest naval power on earth, besting the British in a string of victories that stunned both nations. Ronald Utt not only sheds new light on the naval battles of the War of 1812, but tells the story of the War of 1812 through the portraits of famous American war heroes."--Provided by the publisher. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812"(42:73)

In the shadow of Nelson : the naval leadership of admiral Sir Charles Cotton, 1753-1812 Krajeski, Paul 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1753/1812"

Unshackling America : how the War of 1812 truly ended the American Revolution /Willard Sterne Randall "Unshackling America challenges the persistent fallacy that Americans fought two separate wars of independence. Williard Sterne Randall documents an unremitting fifty-year-long struggle for economic independence from Britain overlapping two armed conflicts linked by an unacknowledged global struggle. Throughout this perilous period, the struggle was all about free trade. Neither Jefferson nor any other Founding Father could divine that the Revolutionary Period of 1763 to 1783 had concluded only one part, the first phase of their ordeal. The Treaty of Paris of 1783 at the end of the Revolutionary War halted overt combat but had achieved only partial political autonomy from Britain. By not guaranteeing American economic independence and agency, Britain continued to deny American sovereignty. Randall details the fifty years and persistent attempts by the British to control American trade waters, but he also shows how, despite the outrageous restrictions, the United States asserted the doctrine of neutral rights and developed the world's second largest merchant fleet as it absorbed the French Caribbean trade. American ships carrying trade increased five-fold between 1790 and 1800, its tonnage nearly doubling again between 1800 and 1812, ultimately making the United States the world's largest independent maritime power"--Provided by publisher. 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 973.03

The British Navy and the Anglo-American War of 1812 to 1815 Dent, Keith S 1949 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353(42)

The history of the Gas Light and Coke Company 1812-1949 Everard, Stirling 1949 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 382:662.66

A history of the war between Great Britain and the United States of America during the years 1812, 1813 Auchinleck, G 1972 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1812/1814"(42:73)

What so proudly we hailed : essays on the contemporary meaning of the War of 1812 /Pietro S. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1812"(42:73)

The rockets' red glare : an illustrated history of the War of 1812 /Donald R. Hickey and Connie D. This illustrated history invites readers to travel back in time and imagine what it would have been like to live through the War of 1812, America's forgotten conflict. The book recounts the war's main battles and campaigns, from William Hull's ignominious surrender at Detroit in 1812 to Andrew Jackson's spectacular victory at New Orleans in 1815. It describes Oliver H. Perry's remarkable victory on Lake Erie and the ensuing death of the great Shawnee leader Tecumseh. It chronicles the devastation on the Niagara Front as the balance of power shifted back and forth. It follows Thomas Macdonough as he executes a masterstroke on Lake Champlain, winning a great naval battle and saving upper New York from occupation. Also included are the demoralizing British raids in the Chesapeake that culminated in the burning of Washington, D.C., and the successful defense of Baltimore that inspired Francis Scott Key to pen "The Star-Spangled Banner." This book recaptures in detail not only the military history of the war but also its domestic and diplomatic history. The authors show why the fragile young republic, which was still a second-rate power, declared war against Great Britain, an established global power. They also explain why Americans remember the conflict as an unalloyed success, even though by the war's end, the United States faced military uncertainty, financial stress, a punishing British naval blockade, and the intractable opposition of Federalists in New England. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812"(42:73)

Saumarez papers : selections from the Baltic correspondence of Vice-Admiral Sir James Saumarez 1808-1812 Saumarez, James, Sir 1968 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Saumarez

Knights of the sea : the true story of the Boxer and the Enterprise and the War of 1812 /David Hanna. On a September day in 1813, as the Age of Fighting Sail was coming to an end, two maritime warriors faced each other in the waters off Pemaquid Point, Maine. Samuel Blyth was the youthful commander of His Britannic Majesty's brig Boxer, and William Burrows, younger still, commanded the USS Enterprise. Both men valued honor over life and death, and on this day their commitment would be put to the ultimate test. The battle lasted less than an hour, and its outcome was uncertain, but when the cannon smoke cleared, the U.S. Navy's position in the war had changed. Historian David Hanna brings to life a lost era--a time when sailing vessels exchanged broadsides and naval officers considered it the highest honor to harness the wind to meet their foes.--From publisher description. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812"(42:73)

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