The greatest fury : the battles for New Orleans and the rebirth of America / William C. Davis.

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    • Abstract:
      Summary: "From master historian William C. Davis, the definitive story of the Battle of New Orleans, the fight that decided the ultimate fate not only of the War of 1812 but the future course of the fledgling American republic"-- Provided by publisher.
    • Content Notes:
      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?".
    • Notes:
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-485) and index.
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    • ISBN:
      9780399585227
      0399585222
    • Accession Number:
      2019022486
    • Accession Number:
      1121629641
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.1080100