The Rockets' Red Glare: An Illustrated History of the War of 1812

by Donald R. Hickey and Connie D. Clark

2012 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine

This engagingly told and richly illustrated history invites readers to travel back in time and imagine what it would have been like to live through the War of 1812, America's forgotten conflict.

Offering readers an impressive array of images--some rarely before seen--and a crisp narrative, the book recounts the war's main battles and campaigns, from William Hull's ignominious surrender...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 142140155X
• ISBN13: 9781421401553
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.8" x 10.0"