The War of 1812

In the many history books he has written for young people, scholar Don nardo has always managed to present all the basic, important, pertinent facts about his subject, and then throw in some interesting, little-known details besides. He does the same thing in this excellent, well organized, and extremely well documented volume on the War of 1812. Mr. Nardo's prose is always lively, but in some parts of this book, notably the famous "great chase" of Old Ironsides by some British warships and the American naval victories on the Great Lakes, his descriptiions are better termed rousing, suspenseful, and uplifting. Adults will get almost as much out of this book as kids.