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xi, 270 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm The War of 1812 saw America threatened on every side. Encouraged by the British, Indian tribes attacked settlers in the West, while the Royal Navy terrorized the coasts. By mid-1814, President James Madison's generals had lost control of the war in the North, losing battles in Canada. Then British troops set the White House ablaze, and a feeling of hopelessness spread across the country. Into this dire situation stepped Major General Andrew Jackson. A native of Tennessee who had witnessed the horrors of the Revolutionary War and Indian attacks, he was glad America had finally decided to confront repeated British aggression. But he feared that President Madison's men were overlooking the most important target of all: New Orleans. If the British conquered New Orleans, they would control the mouth of the Mississippi River, cutting Americans off from that essential trade route and threatening the previous decade's Louisiana Purchase. The new nation's dreams of western expansion would be crushed before they really got off the ground. So Jackson had to convince President Madison and his War Department to take him seriously, even though

Author

Kilmeade, Brian, author, Yaeger, Don, author

Publisher

New York, New York : Sentinel, an imprint of Penguin Random House

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780735213241

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

4.7 / 5 (5,973 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14