The result of meticulous research and in-depth interviews with veterans, Lossing 1/2s Pictorial Field Book of the War of 1812 is a narrative of historic events during that era. Accounts are given on a host of topics such as the perils of the country immediately succeeding the Revolutionary War, the struggle of power with Britain, and the origin of the United States 1/2 political parties and their relation to the War of 1812. Written in 1868,...