The naval war of 1812

by Robert Gardiner and Robert Gardiner

Book Overview

This series draws on the incomparable collection of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich to illustrate the great maritime events of the prephotographic era.This volume illustrates all naval... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1840673605
• ISBN13: 9781840673609
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Caxton Editions
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent

Excellent book. Unfortunately it is brief, I wish it were 2 or 3 volumes. The information presented has been prepared by masters in their field. This book will have you researching more on the topics covered, because the topics are short yet powerful enough for you to want to know more.The book also has short subjects on each of the British class of ship, but oddly one of the major classes is absent.

Fighting Afloat

This may first appear to be nothing but one of those historical 'picture books' and it is profusely illustrated, but it is much more than that. Well-research, historically correct text, and well-organized, it is one of the best books on the topic on the market today.Robert Gardiner continues his study of naval warfare in the age of sail with this excellent study, covering the war at sea, the war on the lakes, privateers, and the arsoniistic adventures of the British Admirals, Cockburn and Cochrane, up and down the Chesapeake and the eastern seaboard of the United States, although this last is somewhat played down.The early American frigate victories, the frantic shipbuilding and fighting on the Great Lakes, the sloop duels in the open sea, Porter's adventures in the pacific aboard the USS Essex, Lawrence losing the USS Chesapeake to HMS Shannon, while uttering the famous, 'Don't give up the ship!' which Perry later uses as his battle cry at the victory on Lake Erie, the famous and profitable voyages of the American privateer Prince de Neuchatel (a superb model of which is in the Smithsonian, by the way), all are thoroughly and colorfully covered in this must have volume on a little studied war.It is in larger than normal format, and looks something like a coffee table book, but don't be fooled. The narrative is exciting, facts not commonly in evidence are chronicled here, and the illustrations are superb. This is a must buy and a must have.