Tecumseh & Brock: The War of 1812A political scientist, scholar and the best-selling author of Stalking the Elephant: My Discover of America describes the War of 1812 and discusses the strange alliance of a Shawnee chieftain and an English Major-General. |
Contents
Two Wars in One | 1 |
Tecumseh the Shooting Star | 7 |
A Warriors Odyssey | 29 |
A New Power | 45 |
Isaac Brock and the Defence of the Canadas | 61 |
Showdown | 77 |
The Prophet | 95 |
Brock on the Eve of War | 109 |
Tecumsehs Last Days | 195 |
The Creek War | 211 |
Out of the Furnace of War an Upper Canadian Identity | 229 |
Bloody Niagara | 247 |
Rockets Red Glare | 257 |
American Victories at Lake Champlain and New Orleans | 279 |
The Treaty of Ghent | 293 |
Two Mysteries | 297 |
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