1814 : America Forged by Fire

by Willard Sterne Randall

Few people today realize that the United States s sovereignty was not assured until 1814, when England acknowledged it with the Treaty of Ghent. In fact, earlier that same year, the prospects for America couldn t have looked bleaker: a ruined economy, a feeble army, and serious talk of secession by the New England states all threatened its existence. By years end, however, the young nation was at peace, poised for expansion to the west, never to go...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871403412
• ISBN13: 9780871403414
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"