The generals
Subtitle: Andrew Jackson, Sir Edward Pakenham, and the road to the Battle of New Orleans
By: Benton Rain Patterson.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845; Pakenham, Edward Michael, 1778-1815; United States. Army -- Biography; Great Britain. Army -- Biography; New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815; Generals -- United States -- Biography,; Generals -- Great Britain -- Biography
Genres: Biography,; Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-274) and index.
Table of contents: title: The immigrants' son; title: A life on his own; title: A nobelman's son; title: The man who would be general; title: The Napoleonic menace; title: The brother-in-law; title: The hero of Salamanca; title: The approaching conflict; title: The Indian fighter; title: The fortunes of America's war; title: The British offensive; title: The jewel of the Mississippi; title: Jackson takes command; title: The pirates of Barataria; title: The invasion; title: The night assault; title: The new British commander; title: Preparing for battle; title: The battle; title: The retreat.