The Battle of Lake Erie.
By: Illustrated by Victor Mays.
Series: North Star books [23]
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1960
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819 -- Juvenile literature.; Perry, James Alexander -- Juvenile literature.; Lake Erie, Battle of, 1813 -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: During the War of 1812 young Perry "was ordered to Port Erie (now Erie) Pennsylvania, with the almost impossible assignment of creating a squadron of fighting ships from the green timber. How he created such a squadron and how he fought the great Battle of Lake Erie is the subject of this book.