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The War of 1812
By Victor Suthren
First published in 1999
McClelland and Stewart Limited (Toronto)
ISBN: 0-7710-8317-3
Victor Suthren's broad look at the War of 1812
is a must have for any history buff's bookshelf
if only for the beautiful reproductions in the
book.
Packed with hundreds of four-colour images, it
makes a great coffee book and is a joy to flip
through.
Here's a look at some of the praise heaped on
the book:
"Fresh and engaging... Suthren has produced
a highly readable, easily understandable
entry-level account of a conflict that deserves
prominence of place in the formative history of
our country." - Hamilton Spectator
"Profusely illustrated and featuring excellent
maps of the major events of the conflict, The
War of 1812 would make a fine addition to any
school library." - Canadian Press
By Victor Suthren
First published in 1999
McClelland and Stewart Limited (Toronto)
ISBN: 0-7710-8317-3
Victor Suthren's broad look at the War of 1812
is a must have for any history buff's bookshelf
if only for the beautiful reproductions in the
book.
Packed with hundreds of four-colour images, it
makes a great coffee book and is a joy to flip
through.
Here's a look at some of the praise heaped on
the book:
"Fresh and engaging... Suthren has produced
a highly readable, easily understandable
entry-level account of a conflict that deserves
prominence of place in the formative history of
our country." - Hamilton Spectator
"Profusely illustrated and featuring excellent
maps of the major events of the conflict, The
War of 1812 would make a fine addition to any
school library." - Canadian Press
"[Suthren's] prose is animated and he has a novelist's eye for
engaging details of dress, deportment and demeanour." - Globe and
Mail
"The War of 1812 is an unprecedented gallery of paintings, prints and
maps." - Quill & Quire.
From the back cover
It was the bloodiest, most charasmatic, and longest-running war to
take place on Canadian soil. When it was over, Canadians and
Americans had a clearer sense of who they were; the British had
received a lesson on the limits of power in a seemingly limitless
continent; and the Natives on the frontier had lost their last, best
hope of a homeland secure from western expansion.
The War of 1812 was a hard-fought and brutal struggle, full of acts of
great folly and great courage, and marked by the actions of larger-
than-life characters, such as the brave but impetuous General Isaac
Brock and Tecumseh, the charismatic Shawnee who led the Native
forces loyal to Britain. It cut a wide swath across what is now Canada
and the northern United States. But it is on Lake Erie and Lake
Ontario and on the Niagara frontier that many of the most dramatic
encounters took place. Names such as Queenston Heights and
Lundy's Lane still strike a chord in the imagination.
Now, to tie-in with the recent television documentary — and drawing
on its research — The War of 1812 brings this dramatic conflict to life
in one heavily illustrated, full-colour volume. This is the book on the
War of 1812.
About the author
Victor Suthren has written seven historical novels and edited
anthologies of sea stories and military anecdotes. After working with
the Canadian Parks Service at the Fortress of Louisbourg, in Halifax,
and in Ottawa, he joined the staff of the Canadian War Museum in
1975 and from 1986 to 1997 served as its Director General.
engaging details of dress, deportment and demeanour." - Globe and
"The War of 1812 is an unprecedented gallery of paintings, prints and
maps." - Quill & Quire.
From the back cover
It was the bloodiest, most charasmatic, and longest-running war to
take place on Canadian soil. When it was over, Canadians and
Americans had a clearer sense of who they were; the British had
received a lesson on the limits of power in a seemingly limitless
continent; and the Natives on the frontier had lost their last, best
hope of a homeland secure from western expansion.
The War of 1812 was a hard-fought and brutal struggle, full of acts of
great folly and great courage, and marked by the actions of larger-
than-life characters, such as the brave but impetuous General Isaac
Brock and Tecumseh, the charismatic Shawnee who led the Native
forces loyal to Britain. It cut a wide swath across what is now Canada
and the northern United States. But it is on Lake Erie and Lake
Ontario and on the Niagara frontier that many of the most dramatic
encounters took place. Names such as Queenston Heights and
Lundy's Lane still strike a chord in the imagination.
Now, to tie-in with the recent television documentary — and drawing
on its research — The War of 1812 brings this dramatic conflict to life
in one heavily illustrated, full-colour volume. This is the book on the
War of 1812.
About the author
Victor Suthren has written seven historical novels and edited
anthologies of sea stories and military anecdotes. After working with
the Canadian Parks Service at the Fortress of Louisbourg, in Halifax,
and in Ottawa, he joined the staff of the Canadian War Museum in
1975 and from 1986 to 1997 served as its Director General.