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The generals : Andrew Jackson, Sir Edward Pakenham, and the road to the Battle of New Orleans
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- Creator
- Benton Rain Patterson
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : New York University Press, [2005]
- ©2005
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- ix, 289 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780814767177, 0814767176
- OCLC
- ocm57124194
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274) and index.
- The immigrants' son -- A life on his own -- A nobelman's son -- The man who would be general -- The Napoleonic menace -- The brother-in-law -- The hero of Salamanca -- The approaching conflict -- The Indian fighter -- The fortunes of America's war -- The British offensive -- The jewel of the Mississippi -- Jackson takes command -- The pirates of Barataria -- The invasion -- The night assault -- The new British commander -- Preparing for battle -- The battle -- The retreat -- The celebration