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The greatest fury : the battle of New Orleans and the rebirth of America
Title
The greatest fury : the battle of New Orleans and the rebirth of America / William C. Davis.
ISBN
9780399585227
0399585222
9780399585234
Publication
New York : Dutton Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2019]
Physical Description
viii, 496 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Summary
In the waning days of 1814, a fleet of Royal Navy warships closed in on the waters below New Orleans. The gateway of the Mississippi River and America's heartland, it was defended by General Andrew Jackson with an 'army' of farmers, merchants, backwoodsmen, smugglers, slaves, and Choctaw Indians, many of them unarmed. Davis tells the story of one of the most impactful battles ever fought on American soil-- a tale of resilience, bravery, and uncommon heroism -- adapted from jacket.
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 14, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-368) and index.
Contents
Preface
A spot on the globe
"Bloody noses there will be"
"By the gods I think you will have warm work"
"One of the most brilliant things on record"
"The American states are doomed"
Treachery opens a way
"By the eternal! I'll fight them tonight"
"Fury and confusion"
"The best fought action in the annals of military warfare"
"Cannon and batteries are its proper defence"
"I am now on the move"
"Giving us the whole campaign"
"Thunder, and smoke, and slaughter"
"The necessity of doing something"
"Strike our foes with fear"
"We await our fate"
"We shall have a warm day"
"A spectacle of carnage"
"The greatest fury"
"All fear is at an end"
"The finger of heaven was in this thing"
"Rescued is Orleans from the English wolves"
"Who would not be an American?"
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