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Author Kilmeade, Brian, author.

Title Andrew Jackson and the miracle of New Orleans : the battle that shaped America's destiny / Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger.

Publication Info. New York, New York : Sentinel, [2017]

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Description xi, 270 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Content type text txt rdacontent
Format volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-261) and index.
Contents Freedoms at risk -- How to lose a war -- The making of a general -- A river dyed red -- The British on offense -- Jackson unleashed -- Target: New Orleans -- Losing Lake Borgne -- The armies assemble -- The First Battle of New Orleans -- The defensive line -- Day of destiny -- The British withdraw.
Summary A portrait of the seventh American president focuses on his formative military prowess during the War of 1812 and his pivotal contributions to the capturing of New Orleans from the British.
Subject New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815.
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 -- Military leadership.
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Campaigns.
Added Author Yaeger, Don, author.
ISBN 9780735213234
0735213232