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Title: The Invasion of Canada : 1812-1813 by Pierre Berton ISBN: 0-385-65839-7 Publisher: Anchor Canada Pub. Date: 14 August, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent overview from the frontlines.
Comment: This volume is an excellent introduction to the War of 1812. The Canadian author maintains his objectivity throughout the volume, and gives accurate and telling details to causes, politics, and leadership on both sides of the northern North American border and how that affected the progress of the war. After reading this book, the reader will come away baffled and outraged at the level of incompetence shown on both sides (initially the US side however), and the level of audacity and caution exhibited by both sides as well. In summation, a highly recommended book, that will provide a good base upon which a detailed understanding of causes, effects, and results of many aspects of this war can be attained.
Rating: 5
Summary: I Agree Wholeheartedly
Comment: The two reviews below are absolutely correct. Pierre Berton has written a great masterpiece of narrative history. I first read this book almost 20 years ago, and I can still recall the enjoyment it gave. This is perhaps the best book of history in terms of enjoyable reading which I have come across. The only author in the same league today is Simon Schama, and he generally works in somewhat more esoteric, less popular areas. I have also discussed the excellence of Berton's writing in a review of the companion volume Flames Across the Border: 1813-14 which, along with this text, makes up as fine a two volume set of North American history as can be obtained.
Rating: 5
Summary: History comes to life
Comment: Best book on history I ever read. Most books on the war of 1812 focus on the 'high level' intrigue--congressional debates, executive office plotting, etc. This book focuses on the front lines. Learn about how Madison decision to appoint imcompetent generals (He didn't want the war, and it was his way of keeping it from happening) led to human suffering. Get a good sense of life on the frontier and the fear Americans had of the local Indians. Read this book.
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Title: Flames Across the Border : 1813-1814 by Pierre Berton ISBN: 0385658389 Publisher: Anchor Canada Pub. Date: 14 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Great Depression : 1929-1939 by Pierre Berton ISBN: 0385658435 Publisher: Anchor Canada Pub. Date: 09 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Guide Book to the Historic Sites of the War of 1812 by Gilbert Collins ISBN: 1550022903 Publisher: Dundurn Press, Ltd. Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: The Last Spike : The Great Railway, 1881-1885 by Pierre Berton ISBN: 0385658419 Publisher: Anchor Canada Pub. Date: 14 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict by Donald R. Hickey ISBN: 0252060598 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Pro Ref) Pub. Date: December, 1990 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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