Chesapeake Legends and Lore from the War of 1812 9781625845245, 9781626190719

In the two hundred years following the War of 1812, the Chesapeake Campaign became romanticized in tall tales and local

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Chesapeake Legends and Lore from the War of 1812
9781625845245, 9781626190719

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In the early morning hours of May 3, 1813, British Rear Admiral George Cockburn launched a brutal attack on the city of

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This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

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Dive deep into the history of The War of 1812 anywhere you go: on a plane, on a mountain, in a canoe, under a tree. Or g

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The War of 1812-1815 was a bloody confrontation that tore through the American frontier, the British colonies of Upper a

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A prize-winning historian of the Old West brings to life the people who laid down the Santa Fe Trail and opened commerce

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From the author of the hugely successful book Legendary Ireland, The Turning of the Year explores the Celtic division of

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A bestiary of elementals and elemental creatures. Earth, air, fire, and water. Sonic, cold, acid, and electricity. From

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A carving of General Lee on the back of the Lincoln monument, the birth of lobbying at the Willard Hotel, a romantic ges

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