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The Naval War of 1812 is Theodore Roosevelt's first book, published in 1882. It covers the naval battles and technology used during the War of 1812.It is considered a seminal work in its field, and had a massive impact on the formation of the modern American Navy.
Theodore Roosevelt, as a young Harvard University undergraduate in 1876–77, began work on a response from the American perspective. Published in 1882 as The Naval War of 1812, the book took James to task for what Roosevelt perceived as glaring mistakes and outright misrepresentations of fact based on malicious anti-American bias and shabby research, despite James's painstaking research and ...
Fletcher Pratt (left) with fellow Baker Street Irregulars Christopher Morley and Rex Stout (1944). According to de Camp, Pratt was born near Tonawanda, New York.The son of Robert M. and Alice Horton Pratt, he attended public schools in Buffalo and graduated from high school in 1915 at the Griffith Institute in Springville, New York, where his father operated a trucking delivery service between ...
The Battle of Lake Borgne was a coastal engagement between the Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy in the American South theatre of the War of 1812. It occurred on December 14, 1814 on Lake Borgne . The British victory allowed them to disembark their troops unhindered nine days later [ 4 ] and to launch an offensive upon New Orleans on land.
Daughan, George C. 1812: The Navy's War (Basic Books; 2011) 491 pages; U.S. Navy; Dudley, Wade G. Splintering the Wooden Wall: The British Blockade of the United States, 1812-1815 Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2003. Dudley, William S. "Commodore Isaac Chauncey and U.S. Joint Operations on Lake Ontario, 1813-14."
Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, 1st Baronet KCB (/ ˈ b r ʊ k /; 9 September 1776 – 2 January 1841) was a Royal Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. During his lifetime, he was often referred to as "Broke of the Shannon", a reference to his notable command of HMS Shannon.
The Los Angeles Times called it "the definitive book about the burning of Washington during the War of 1812". [10] In selecting the book for re-printing, the Johns Hopkins university press said, "Lord wrote with great force and feeling of the subsequent defense of Fort McHenry, the circumstances of Francis Scott Key's writing of 'The Star ...
First Battle of Sackett's Harbor 19 July 1812; USS Essex vs HMS Alert 13 August 1812; USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere 19 August 1812; Capture of HMS Frolic 18 October 1812; Action off Madeira 25 October 1812; Action off Kingston 6 November 1812; Action off Brazil 29 December 1812; Action in the Demerara River 24 February 1813; Battle of ...