| Description |
x, 302 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Frontiers. Burned! The fire of 1805 and rebuilding of Detroit / Keith A. Killoran -- Fraud on the frontier: the Detroit Bank / John Paris -- Elijah Brush, transnational American / Sharon Tevis Finch -- Town hall: taverns in early Detroit / Kristen Harrell -- "Feeding them when hungry": William Hull's failed Indian relations / Steve Lyskawa -- Detroit's first Black militia / Charlie Keller -- War. Headquarters for invasion: The François Baby House / Justin Wargo -- Lydia Bacon: army wife, intrepid traveler / Kerri Jansen -- "They had won their battle, too": an Odawa narrative of the War of 1812 / Daniel F. Harrison -- The Askins of Sandwich: A family experiences the war / Timothy Marks -- Homestead defense: the British occupation from a woman's perspective / Carly Campbell -- "It was a hideous sight to see": treatment of casualties on the frontier / Scott A. Jankowski -- The outlaw Andrew Westbrook / Meghan McGowan -- Uncommon sailors in the Battle of Lake Erie / Rebecca Russell -- The uneasy occupation of Amherstburg / Joshua Zimberg -- Legacies. A most convenient Indian: the making of Tecumseh / Tim Moran -- Celebrating peace on the Detroit frontier / Merry Ellen Scofield -- A peaceful border: the Rush-Bagot Agreement of 1817 / James M. Shuryan -- Frontier nationalism: President Monroe visits Detroit / Kaitlin Cooper -- "I have been a great looser": John R. Williams and the War of 1812 / Matthew R. Thick -- Recasting Michigan's image: the Darby Treatise / Charles Wilson Goode. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- War of 1812.
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Detroit River Valley (Mich. and Ont.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Northwest, Old -- History -- War of 1812.
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Michigan -- History -- 19th century.
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| Added Author |
Brunsman, Denver Alexander, 1975-
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Stone, Joel (Joel Lagrou)
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Fisher, Douglas D.
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Detroit Historical Society.
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| ISBN |
9780615616612 |
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0615616615 |
| OCLC # |
800039240 |
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