The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780141001791ISBN-10:141001798UPC:9780141001791Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, United States, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:United States, 19th Century, War of 1812Size:8.04 x 5.40 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.4894Product ID:SC8FF0S1T7
The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory
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...
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780141001791ISBN-10:141001798UPC:9780141001791Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, United States, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:United States, 19th Century, War of 1812Size:8.04 x 5.40 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.4894Product ID:SC8FF0S1T7
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.
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