The naval war of 1812

or, The history of the United States navy during the last war with Great Britain, to which is appended an account of the battle of New Orleans

by Theodore Roosevelt

1882 549 pages eng

Published when Theodore Roosevelt was only twenty-three years old, The Naval War of 1812 was immediately hailed as a literary and scholarly triumph, and it is still considered the definitive book on the subject. It caused considerable controversy for its bold refutation of earlier accounts of the wa…