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the wake of the eighteen-twelvers : fights and flights of frigates and fore-'n'-afters in the war of 1812 Snider, C H J 1913 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.49"1812/1815"(42:73)

The Clyde passenger steamer : its rise and progress during the nineteenth century, from the Comet of 1812 Williamson, James 1904 • BOOK • 3 copies available. 347.792(42)

The Clyde passenger steamer : its rise and progress during the nineteenth century from the Comet of 1812 Williamson, James 1987 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 629.123.3

The naval war of 1812 : or the history of the United States Navy during the last war with Great Britain Roosevelt, Theodore 1894 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812/1815"(42:73)

The Naval war of 1812 : or the history of the United States Navy during the last war with Great Britain Roosevelt, Theodore 1900 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.49"1812/1815"(42:73)

comprising an account of all British and American ships of war captured and destroyed since the 18th of June 1812 James, William 1816 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.49"1812/1815"(42:73)

War in the Chesapeake : the British campaigns to control the Bay, 1813-14 /Charles Patrick Neimeyer. "In the early nineteenth century, the United States of America was far from united. The United States faced internal strife over the extent of governance and the rights of individual states. The United States' relationship with their former colonial power was also uncertain. Britain impressed American sailors and supported Native Americans' actions in the northwest and on the Canadian border. In the summer of 1812, President James Madison chose to go to war against Britain. In the early nineteenth century, the United States of America was far from united. The United States faced internal strife over the extent of governance and the rights of individual states. The United States' relationship with their former colonial power was also uncertain. Britain impressed American sailors and supported Native Americans' actions in the northwest and on the Canadian border. In the summer of 1812, President James Madison chose to go to war against Britain. War in the Chesapeake illustrates the causes for the War of 1812, the political impacts of the war on America, and the war effort in the Chesapeake Bay."--Provided by the publisher. 2015 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1813/1814"(42:73)

Pride of Baltimore : the story of the Baltimore clippers 1800-1990 Gillmer, Thomas C 1992 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.13(752)

Transactions of the Naval Dockyards Society. [ed. Philip MacDougall]. 2017. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

Bold, brave, and born to lead : Major General Isaac Brock and the Canadas /Mary Beacock Fryer. "Celebrated as the saviour of Upper Canada, Major General Sir Isaac Brock was a charismatic leader who won the respect not only of his own troops, but also of the Shawnee chief Tecumseh and even men among his enemy. His motto could well have been 'speak loud and look big.' Although this attitude earned him a reputation for brashness, it also enabled his success and propelled him into the significant role he would play in the War of 1812."--Provided by the publisher. [2004]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BROCK

The rockets' red glare : the maritime defense of Baltimore in 1814 Sheads, Scott S 1986 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 975.2

The earliest submarine campaign and the first ironclad 1813-1814 / by Ronald Bishop Smith. Smith, Ronald Bishop 2013. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.49""1813/1814"(42:73)

Lion in the Bay : the British invasion of the Chesapeake, 1813-14 /Stanley L. Quick with Chipp Reid. "The story of Fort McHenry's defense during the War of 1812 is well known, but Lion in the Bay is an intimate look at the events leading up to the battle that inspired our national anthem. As the War of 1812 raged on the high seas and along the Canadian border, the British decided to strike at the heart of the United States, the relatively undefended area of the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake was a fertile farm region, a place of renowned shipbuilding, and an area politically divided over the war. Plus, if the British succeeded in taking the bay, the nation's capital was not far away. Admiral George Cockburn led the British into the bay following a failed attempt to take Norfolk, Virginia. Originally intended to relieve pressure on other fronts, the Chesapeake theater became a British campaign of retribution for the burning of York (present day Toronto) by the Americans in 1812. As a result, the Chesapeake region, once an economic engine for America, was transformed into a region of terrorized citizens, destroyed farms, and fears of slave insurrection. In August 1814, President James Madison refused to bolster the defenses on the waterway that led to Washington, and the British took advantage. Cockburn again led a naval force into the bay, this time running into opposition from Commo. Joshua Barney and his Chesapeake Bay Flotilla. Barney put up a heroic, though doomed fight before the British sailed up the Patuxent River and landed at Benedict, Maryland, where over 4,000 troops disembarked to begin their advance toward Washington, D.C. After defeating the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg, the British moved into Washington, burning the city, before returning to their boats and setting out for Baltimore. There, the British armada encountered a stalwart group of American defenders at Fort McHenry. Despite a massive bombardment, Baltimore's defenses held, forcing the British to abandon their campaign to close the Chesapeake. More than just an in-depth look at one front of the War of 1812, Lion in the Bay is a story of resilience and triumph in the wake of catastrophe."--Provided by the publisher. 2015 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1813/1814"(42:73)

The amphibious campaign for West Florida and Louisiana 1814-1815 : a critical review of strategy and tactics at New Orleans Brown, Wilburt S 1969 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.42/.43(763)"18"

The fortune of war O'Brian, Patrick, 1996 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-31

Six frigates : how piracy, war and British supremacy at sea gave birth to the world's most powerful navy /Ian W. Toll. Toll, Ian W. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"18/19"(42:73)

Stephen Decatur : a life most bold and daring /Spencer Tucker. Tucker, Spencer, 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92DECATUR

Sea soldier : an officer of marines with Duncan, Nelson, Collingwood and Cockburn /by Anne Petrides and Jonathan Downs Wybourn, T. Marmaduke, Major 2000 • BOOK • 3 copies available. 92Wybourn

The letters of Henry Martyn : East India Company chaplain /edited by Scot D. Ayler. ''Henry Martyn (1781-1812) was one of the most significant British foreign missionaries of the nineteenth century. An Anglican Evangelical, active in India and Persia, he translated the New Testament into Urdu and Persian, pioneered engagement between Protestant Christianity and Islam, and inspired a generation of British and American evangelical missionary efforts. He is a central figure for the history of the East India Company and its relationship to the missionary movement. This book provides a fully annotated transcription of all Martyn's surviving 327 letters, together with a very substantial introduction covering Martyn's biography, missiology and churchmanship, circle of correspondents, philological contribution, and experience in India and Persia. The letters themselves are rich in detail about East India Company governance in India and the importance of the religious issue at the highest levels. The book will be of great interest to historians of India and the East India Company, historians of Anglo-Persian relations and of Evangelical Anglicanism and the broader Protestant missionary movement, and those interested in the emergence and shape of modern Christian-Islamic discourse.''--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 954.031

Hakluyt's collection of the early voyages, travels, and discoveries, of the English nation Hakluyt, Richard 1809-1812 • RARE-FOLIO • 5 copies available. 910.4:094

Hunting the Essex : a journal of the voyage of HMS Phoebe 1813-1814 by Midshipman Allen Gardiner /ed. by John S. Rieske ; introduction by Andrew Lambert. "In February 1813 the British frigate Phoebe set out on a secret mission that would involve sailing halfway around the world to attack American settlements in the Pacific Northwest. The United States, frustrated at the treatment of its shipping by the combatants in the Napoleonic Wars, had finally opened hostilities against the British in the previous June. From the American perspective the War of 1812 began with disasters in its invasion of Canada, but against all expectations the infant US Navy had scored significant victories at sea. The most strategically significant of these was the campaign by the frigate USS Essex, which had almost annihilated the lucrative British whaling trade in the south Pacific. Therefore, Phoebe was diverted to hunt down and destroy this highly successful commerce-raider. After an epic search, Phoebe tracked her prey to neutral Valparaiso where the American frigate was blockaded and,in a very bloody battle, eventually captured. The American captain, David Porter, published a self-serving account of his actions which ever since has mired the battle in controversy, so this British naval eyewitness account is an important counter-balance. It is one of the lesser-known campaigns of a war which is currently celebrating its bicentenary, but its inherent drama inspired the plot of Patrick O'Brian's novel The Far Side of the World, although in its movie adaptation Master & Commander the American frigate is transformed into a French privateer."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92GARDINER

Doria et Barberousse Jurien de La Graviáere, Jean Pierre Edmond, 1886 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"14/15"(262)

Histoire des flibustiers : traduit de l'allemand Archenholz, Johann Wilhelm von, 1804 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:341.362.1(729)"16"

Paul Periwinkle : or the pressgang Neale, W. Johnson-(William Johnson), 1841 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.212

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